Tom Veber was born in 1995 in Maribor, Slovenia. His artistic creation spans acting, singing, and writing poetry. He publishes poetry in central literary magazines such as Dialogi, Mentor, Literatura and Apokalipsa, takes part in literary slams, and performs his poetic monodrama Realism is Reserved for Clowns’ all over Slovenia. He was the regional nominee for the literary competition Urška 2017, and the winner of Pesniška olimpijada.

 

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These eyes too will once drown in the gleam of sadness
and you will again be able to dream up lives
beyond the frame of corporeality
you never told me why you leave every winter
and return with the first rays of june sky.

 

(Translated by Niko Šetar)