Tomaž Šalamun

Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central Europe and internationally acclaimed absurdist. His books of Slovene poetry have been translated into twenty-one languages, with nine of his thirty-nine books of poetry published in English. Šalamun was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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Hiša poezije Publications

• Dojenčki. Poetikonove lire 48, 2014.

Kaliti belilo s tajnimi biseri

Mi, mornarji v vseh pristaniščih stojimo na
kavčuku in branimo vitrine. Termiti

mi jejo rob belega čevlja. Čigavi so ti
špičaki? Prosim, mirno, trezno, še

enkrat vprašujem: čigavi so ti špičaki? Dati
ribezlju, kar je odkrušenega. Manitu

kastrira bobra. To mu ni dovolj. Tudi
razpara ga. Preslica malo diha.

Boljše so bile naše temno zelene kape kot
tisti štikelc na strehi v Marseillu,

ki se mu je Picasso upiral, Corbusier
je pa kar trmaril, dokler ni

prišel tisti zamorček, ki ga je v video
spotu odlično primerjal in spel.