The poetry engages with transformative elements through free associations, reflecting on the daily lives and traumas experienced in a post-socialist context of Slovakia. This could also be interpreted as a revolt or warning about the possible outcomes of contemporary Slovak political situation. Through these poetic stories, I aim to critique the lingering effects of socialism, addressing daily issues such as close-mindedness, domestic abuse, sexism, and the challenges faced by those who are often misunderstood.
To write is so natural to me, like to walk or to breathe. But still, I find it more and more bewitching when I come aware that I am indeed manifesting the present state of my soul into a coherent, human translation.
The project is part of the subtheme Re-imagining identity through poetry.
Author
Miroslava Kočvarová
Miroslava Kočvarová (*2002, Martin, Slovakia) is a poet, painter and sculptor, mostly known by her pen name Elliotté P. Joel. In 2023, she founded Absence of Meaning Literary Society in Žilina and became an Editor-in-chief at Estetično Online Magazine for young experimental literature, arts and philosophy. She has graduated Slovak-English Economic Studies and is currently studying Mediamatics and Cultural heritage at University of Žilina. Her second poetry collection Seek the Upside Eyes, There are Two. (2023) won Page Turner Book Awards 2023 in Poetry subcategory. After completing Yale University course of Psychology, she wrote a paper on Sense of Belonging in ASD Persons as a SUD Prevention Mehod (2024). She is also an author of Wounded Poems (2022), Meaningless Generation of Poets (2023) and appears in Muse Rental anthology (2023).
