Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan is a poet, literary critic, and essayist from the Republic of Macedonia. He has published 6 poetry collections and 2 books of criticism and essays. He won the Enchanting Poet Award for Excellence in poetry and his poetry has been internationally published and translated.

An Abandoned City
By Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan

We created a heavenly island
Opposed to the threats of the darkness
To rush into us
We set a fortress
In front of the long waves
That aggressively chased us
To drag us into the bitter current
We erected a city
Above the poisonous bottom
Of worthlessness

And when a peculiar light
Illuminated the lower world
And the darkness backed off
As if it were humiliated
Even when the town was deserted
Blinded we stormed
Toward the rays which deluded us
Thus the hard core once again swelled with pride
And dissolved our fortress

In the heavenly words of the poets
Sometimes the city
Shines