(101/365) Poem by Kristin Dimitrova

Katerina has taken on the challenge of translating poems from Bulgarian and publishing 365 of them on her blog during 2015! This is post number 101!

Your Father Now

Your father now
is far enough away. He is
old and picks lilies
in an endless field,
and after each plucked flower
he apologizes: “I didn’t know,
I didn’t know this too would hurt.”
No, he doesn’t pick lilies,
but rather poppies. And they’re spilling
over his fingers.

Author: Kristin Dimitrova
Translated from Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer

Kristin Dimitrova is an author of award-winning poetry books, fiction and nonfiction. She lives and works in Sofia.

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