bitpunkfm on Nostr: I'm working on adaptations of a famous Slovak poet from 1914. Hviezdoslav. Here one i ...

I'm working on adaptations of a famous Slovak poet from 1914. Hviezdoslav.

Here one i did:

A squadron of Demons soar above
in the flying V of war
whipping the earth with flames —
TWO
THREE.

Spewing sulfur in a trail of meteor dust —
Such nightmares haunted our sleep,
but wake up!
wake to wide white eyes and limbs frozen in fear.

O God! Where can I run?
Which door to salvation?
In which castle can I hide
in which village will I be safe?
Search the world in vain;
everywhere is human slaughter:
it follows you in the forests,
in the fields,
in the oceans,
and will follow you to the heavens above.

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He originally wrote these as sonnets but I'm adapting them into free verse.

The thing is, he writes these in August 1914 just as world War 1 has started. They are effectively censored until after the war.

I'm going through all of these mainly on substack if you want to follow. I will record them to audio once I'm complete and may perhaps drop some here.

https://bitpunkfm.substack.com/p/the-bloody-sonnets-4