Quotes from book
Circling: 1978-1987

Circling: 1978-1987 is a 1993 poetry collection by the Serbian-American poet Dejan Stojanović . It contains 56 poems in six sequences: "Recircling," "Light Bugs," "A Conversations with Atoms," "A Grain," "A Warden with no Keys," and "Darkness Is Waiting." Sequence, "A Grain," was added to the third edition published in 2000 by Narodna knjiga, Alfa, Beograd.


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“There is nobody to wake up eternal seekers.”

“Hegemonikon,” p. 27
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Light Bugs”

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“All dust is the same dust. Temporarily separated to go peacefully and enjoy the eternal nap.”

”The Same Dust,” p. 63
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

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“A hidden spark of the dream sleeps in the forest and waits in the celestial spheres of the brain.”

”In Search of Spark,” p. 62
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

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“Will the day tell its secret before it disappears, becomes timeless night.”

“Suns and the Night,” p. 45
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Grain”

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“To jump over centuries in one step is impossible. Jump too high or far, you’ll be way too late.”

”In the Silence of the Century,” p. 60
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

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“Into the day as by dream I swim to the music of nourished meaning.”

“Spring Music,” 34
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”

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“Although personal calling I sense—who am I? even if I am, I don't know.”

“If I Am,” p. 7
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Recircling”

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“When the star dies, its eye closes; tired of watching, it flies back to its first bright dream.”

“The Star and the Eye,” p. 46
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Grain”

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“Life eats life to live.”

Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Darkness Is Waiting”

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“Death swallows death.”

”River of Death,” p. 78
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Darkness Is Waiting”