Summary
Ognjenka Lakićević: The darkness almost took me away
In a world that has jumped out of joint so much that every next step seems like a painful, impossible mission, Ognjenka Lakićević's collection of poems acts like a healing poultice and a sedative that - paradoxically - awakens. Her lyrics make us shout, scream and sacrifice the last atoms of strength in the fight against injustice and violence that tighten the ring around us - despite the pain or precisely because of it. This poetry is engaged in the best possible way and is more necessary than ever, because the darkness that threatens us has no greater enemy than love, beauty, empathy, solidarity and hope. Breathe in, absorb and let these verses get under your skin. Being human has never been harder. Nor more honorable.
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