Categorie: ALTculture – POEZIE

Blestemul zeilor, de Doria Șișu ▲ ALTCULTURE MAGAZINE Nr.103, 3/2025 ▲ Noi încă mai credem în cultură! Abstract: "The Curse of the Gods" (Blestemul zeilor) Poetry by Doria Șișu In "The Curse of the Gods," Doria Șișu delivers a haunting, lyrical exploration of existential duality and mythological burden. The poem navigates the cold threshold where time fragments—where "mornings turn into winter on every finger"—and the human obsession with order and sacred numbers (the "cipher 7") clashes with a raw, primordial chaos. Through a series of stark, contrasting images, the poet sets the "Other"—lost in the deciphering of unknowns and the drawing of mornings on steamed windows—against a self-portrait of sacrifice and ancient echoes. Drawing from Norse mythology, Șișu invokes the figure of Odin and his eight-legged steed, Sleipnir, to illustrate a profound spiritual exile. While the world of numbers and islands offers a safe harbor for some, the narrator embraces the role of a "goddess of death," finding solace only in the rhythmic, wordless understanding of the ocean. "The Curse of the Gods" is a powerful meditation on the price of wisdom and the weight of words carried like sins, marking Doria Șișu as a distinct voice in contemporary philosophical poetry.

Ultima silabă, de Doria Șișu ▲ ALTCULTURE MAGAZINE Nr.95, 7/2025 ▲ Noi încă mai credem în cultură!