Valentin Busuioc

Valentin Busuioc Poems

Once upon a time
and once only
there lived an unsightly man
...

in a thick milk bottle
a dark green one
which grandfather found on the beach after the war
having inside a shriveled yellow paper
...

I dreamed about my dad
He was 53 - my age
the same age he was when he left us
...

A fost odată
o singură dată
un bărbat foarte urât
...

my child asks me
daddy,
do dead people dream?
...

after my dad died
our dog broke the chain
and went straight to the tomb
...

a sunshine
warms your ankle

occasionally blowed by the wind
...

8.

I was a nice boy
at the cinema, all the blonde girls
sat next to me
running their fingers through my hair
...

înainte de a mă duce la şcoală
și a pricepe care este rostul învăţăturii
tata a zis că e musai să merg la bâlci
pentru a vedea dansul unui derviş rotitor
...

când mi-o veni vremea

o să mă transform într-o coală de scris
...

at 10.30
on a Sunday
...

zi de duminică

mama
pe un pat de spital
...

el unico tatuaje
que me queda
el que nunca lo borrare
es el rostro de mi madre
...

14.

ca atunci
când îmi era foame
și stăteam toată ziua la poartă
cu o găină în mână
...

va fi bine
a spus mama
în timp ce își trecea anevoie privirea
peste linia vieții
...

16.

ești o apă
limpede și de necuprins

în tine cerul își contemplă stelele
...

eram singur
sau poate că așa mă simțeam

venise iarna
...

hai
fă-mi safteaua
cumpără un loz
mi-a zis tânăra vânzătoare ambulantă
...

copilul îmi sare fericit în brațe
și-mi spune

tati
...

20.

the child jumps happily in my arms
and tells me

daddy
...

Valentin Busuioc Biography

Valentin BUSUIOC, born of June 6,1965, is a Romanian poet, novelist, playwright and journalist. Degree in military and journalism, postgraduate and masters in journalism, psycho-sociology and public management. He is a brigadier general in the Romanian Army. He has published volumes of poetry: 111 Poems (1993) , Live Life (1995) , Vortex (1999) , The Man Of The Milky Way (2004) , The City Seen Through The Mirror (2014) , The Line Of Life (2016) , Grass (2018) and Writing Sheets (2018, Book of the Year prize) . Since 1996 is a member of the Writers Union of Romania. He has won several awards in poetry contests in Romania and abroad. His poems are included in the anthology of poetry from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, UK and USA.)

The Best Poem Of Valentin Busuioc

The Story Of The Man Who Dreamt Too Much

Once upon a time
and once only
there lived an unsightly man

and though he was very kind and hard-working
no woman got
more than one step closer to him

after a while
seeing he cannot find his soulmate
the man left the village and built himself a cabin
in the woods

all day long
he chopped wood
picked fruit and herbs
occupied himself with carpentry and animal husbandry
and grafted all sorts of trees in spring

from time to time
the villagers came to see him
asking for advice on how to heal their wounds
ordering a door
or a bed
and less often
a coffin

but the man in the woods
though more and more sought-after
was
more and more miserable
as time went by

one day
unable to possess his soul anymore
wove a rope
and went to the oldest oak
to hang himself
but the oak
who had seen so much in its life
but never a man so wretched
broke the branch he was hanging on
then covered him with leaves
so that no one could find him
right next to its trunk

but
underneath the leaves
our man fell asleep at once
and woke up before God
and he said to Him
Lord
You know that ever since I was a child
I have been careful not to tread on ants
or any kind of crawlers
I have not stolen
I have not lied
I have worked all my life
for all that I earned
inspite of these
I am really miserable
that no woman wants me

and the Lord said
I know you very well
there is hardly anyone as kind as you out there
but as much as I love you
I cannot create a woman so unbeautiful
to love you
but
you can

look
from the dried oak branches
you can shape a woman's body
fill it with clay and wrap it in leaves
and I will take care of the rest

so, after he woke up
our hero
worked on his clay creature for three whole days
but fearing she would reject him
he made her even more unattractive than he was

on the third day
he called God
and asked Him to give her life
and the Lord
as promised
blew the breath of life into the woman

seeing this wonder
the man was grateful to the Lord
then woke her up gently
with a kiss on the forehead
she then opened her eyes and asked him:
who are you
and why are you
so hideous that you are scaring me

to which he cried and said
forgive me
I am your servant
The Lord made me like this
to protect you from wild beasts
but I am hard-working and wise
to care for you how I know best

but she closed her eyes
and then he understood
to only care for her
in secret

and as he loved her more and more
her ugliness began to fade
becoming more beautiful with every passing day

soon
a young villager came to ask for remedies for his mother
and not little was his surprise
when he saw the most beautiful woman
he had ever seen
and she saw him, too
and understood what love is
oh, how she whined that night

seeing all this
the man who dreamt too much
told her the following day
look
I know it is time to go our separate ways
I cared for you as well as I could
and I hope you are not dissatisfied with anything
go with that handsome young man
and should you need anything
look for me
if you can bear to look me in the eye
and so she did

years later
while keeping himself busy with a bee garden
the man in the woods felt her presence behind him
but, afraid not to scare her,
he did not turn around
and she cried out:
I eventually learned the whole story
so I came to ask for your forgiveness
and look into your eyes
and the man
who had stopped dreaming for a long time
turned around and was astonished
to see before him
the most unsightly woman in the world
but he did not mind
so, he cared for her
just like that first day
and she regained her beauty and happiness
and perhaps
the man in the woods would have never learnt
why his woman caressed him with so much joy
if one day he did not look in the water of a spring
and see
the most handsome man
there has ever been
out there

Valentin Busuioc Comments

Rajnish Manga 23 February 2019

Hi, Valentin! Just read your lovely narrative poem and have become your fan. Thanks and Best Wishes.

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Prabir Gayen 17 February 2019

A very talented and beautiful poet.....

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