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Slow Gun Poetry: Romanian Words That Endure

Zlatari Church, square photo

Slow Gun Poetry, as Romanian Words That Endure, is inspired by this year’s theme of the Bucharest International Poetry Festival Slow Gun Poetry — Poezie cu bătaie lungă (Long-Range Poetry) inspired by poet Cezar Ivanescu’s reflection on the force of a single mark on a sheet of paper: how a single word can spark ideas, shape consciousness and even ignite revolutions.

This International Poetry Festival is at its 16th edition and takes place in Bucharest, 14-20 September 2026. All images in this blog post depict Bucharest.

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Reading Over the Weekend: Fifteen First Times by D.G. Kaye

Reading over the weekend with Patricia Furstenberg

Welcome to Reading Over the Weekend about that first kiss. First heartbreak. First driving lesson. First European adventure. First real Christmas tree – in Fifteen First Times by witty D.G. Kaye

Some books ask to be analysed. Others ask to be noticed. And then there are those that make you pause halfway through a page and say, I want to remember that.

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