Ash Mary

you're nameless

:a spark never stifled:

and you're called after

and you're rang for

and you're yelled at

hung and mauled

for someone else's sins

(yet you: sinless!)

 

you: my chain ring

unwrought

 

a redhot horseshoe

on wild stalion untamed

you: a harness

for every filthy word spoken

 

yielding your fire

to wretched and heroes

to kins and wanderers

to loons and wickeds

 

but only I know

your colours true

when blooming

when taunting

when wilting

you: a poppy

of colour deprived

 

and when you lay

your hair unbraid

spread open

bringing dreams

to life

only I know

your true song

:my dear lovechild.

 

Poets without Borders

Aleksandra Spaseska was born in 1984 in the town of Kavadarci, Macedonia. Spent her childhood and early adolescence in her parents' hometown of Prilep where she first started writing poetry and short stories. At the age of 18 she moved to the capital Skopje where she enrolled the Department of English language and literature at the faculty of philology. She decided to stay in the capital after University considering it to be a suitable place for her to grow as a professional and an artist. She currently works as a translator for the daily newspaper "Vest" and is also engaged as a freelance journalist for SkopjeUrbanStyle website. Her poems were included in several collaborative issues of poetry, the online student magazine "Izlez" and the blog Open City 360 Poets and Writers. She now writes both in Macedonian and English, mostly poetry. Enjoys reading, studying new languages and cultures, spending time with her cats, and is interested in street fashion blogging, Macedonian traditional music, poetry and clothing and European cinematography.