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    All Loves Are Extraordinary
    All Loves Are Extraordinary
    All Loves Are Extraordinary
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    All Loves Are Extraordinary

    By Josip Osti and Martha Kosir

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    All Loves Are Extraordinary is a translation into English of the collection Vse ljubezni so nenavadne, written in the original Slovenian language and published in 2006. The collection won Osti the 2006 Jenko Award, presented by the Slovene Writers' Association for the best book of Slovenian poetry of the last two years. It also won the 2016 Annibale Ruccello International Prize for Poetry for the bilingual edition of the collection published in Italy under the title Tutti gli amori sono straordinari (2016).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGatekeeper Press
    Release dateOct 27, 2018
    ISBN9781642372465
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      All Loves Are Extraordinary - Josip Osti

      All Loves Are Extraordinary

      Published by Gatekeeper Press

      2167 Stringtown Rd, Suite 109

      Columbus, OH 43123-2989

      www.GatekeeperPress.com

      Copyright © 2018 by Josip Osti

      Translation Copyright © 2018 by Martha Kosir

      Illustration on the cover, Copyright © 2018 by Lucija Rupret

      Title in the original: Vse ljubezni so nenavadne

      All rights reserved. Neither this book, nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

      ISBN (hardcover): 9781642372458

      ISBN (paperback): 9781642372441

      eISBN: 9781642372465

      Printed in the United States of America

      CONTENTS

      IF THE ENTIRE WORLD, AS PROFESSED IN THE UPANISHADS, IS CONTAINED WITHIN YOUR SOUL, THEN ALL MY WORDS SHALL PRAISE IT ENDLESSLY

      THE SEA CARESSES YOU, THE SUN KISSES YOU, MY NAKED GIRL WITH A BRANCH OF FRESHLY RIPENED CHERRIES IN YOUR HAND

      THE SUN IS A COIN THAT SHINES DEEP IN THE SKY

      ANOTHER ORDINARY AFTERNOON DURING WHICH EVERYTHING IS EXTRAORDINARY

      EVEN THE CREATOR’S HAND SOMETIMES TREMBLES. BESIDES, IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS CREATED US IN DARKNESS, OR, AS IT SEEMS, FOR ONE ANOTHER

      IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, YET EVERY TIME WE WALKED INTO A CIRCUS TENT WITH FUNNY MIRRORS, WE CRIED FROM LAUGHTER

      I CALLED YOU FROM RIJEKA* BECAUSE I WAS TIRED OF EVERYTHING

      THE HEADS ARE FLYING, THE WIND IS BLOWING THE HATS AWAY

      LOVE SEES WHAT NO ONE SEES, BUT IT DOES NOT SEE WHAT EVERYONE SEES

      WILL THE BOMB THAT FELL ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AWAKEN AMONG THE STARFISH NOT FAR FROM THE RAVANJE BEACH IN PODACA*

      HOW EXCITING IT WAS TO READ HOMER FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN I DID NOT YET KNOW IF MENELAUS WOULD CONQUER THE BEAUTIFUL HELEN OR IF PENELOPE WOULD WAIT FOR ODYSSEUS

      YOU WANDERED NAKED THROUGH THE GARDEN

      SOMETIMES I FEEL UNHAPPY FOR BEING HAPPY, AND OTHER TIMES I FEEL HAPPY FOR BEING UNHAPPY

      A BARBARIAN ON HIS KNEES OR THE CHANGING IMAGE OF WHAT WE ARE APPROACHING

      LOVERS ARE FALLING FROM THE SKY, FROM THE INVISIBLE TRAPEZE

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