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 34!
run away
from hairdressers who work only on aunts
from men who skillfully discuss their feelings
from nearly all shades of pink
from taking on someone else’s responsibility, including your children’s
from despondency
from cities where women look down
from counting
Author: Albena Todorova
Translated from the Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Albena Todorova is a translator from the Japanese. Her first book, the self-published “poems,” received a honorary award at the Ivan Nikolov National Poetry Award in December, 2014.
