Warning to the World is a haunting and deeply human outcry against the moral collapse of our time. Through vivid and visceral imagery, the poem speaks to a world that has turned its own blood into language and its tears into hymns. It is both an accusation and a plea — a mirror held up to humanity, reflecting the cruelty, indifference, and silence that have replaced compassion and love.
The poet exposes the hollowness of modern civilization, where walls rise instead of cradles and shadows replace human touch. Yet, amidst despair, a fragile hope flickers — the belief that even a single tear born of love, not fear, can redeem us, can make the world human again.
Raw, evocative, and unflinchingly honest, “Warning to the World” is not merely a poem — it is a call to conscience, a spiritual awakening, and a reminder that mercy, once kindled, can halt the fall into the abyss.
The project is part of the subtheme Writing After – Catastrophe, Memory, and the Archive of Loss.
Author
Radmila Stojadinović
Radmila Stojadinović, born in 1970 in Požarevac, is a contemporary Serbian writer known for her powerful and deeply emotional expression. She writes poetry, prose, novellas, and satire, skillfully combining introspection with social themes and a refined sense of humor.
She has published two autobiographical novels – I Want My Life Back and It All Happened (2023 and 2024) – which she has presented at numerous literary events across Serbia. Both books quickly went into reprint, and in 2025 her children’s book The Adventures of Duck Lee will be released. Her works have been featured in many literary magazines and international anthologies, including Nekazano, Miloš Crnjanski, Književne Vertikale, and others.
Radmila is the recipient of several prestigious awards, both in Serbia and abroad. Among them are the Seneca Poetry Award in Italy and the First Prize at an international competition in Italy on the theme of violence against women. In Serbia, she has been awarded for humor and satire in Mrkonjić Grad, received the Story of the Year award at the Miša Cvetanović 2024 competition in Brestovac, as well as honors at Cyrillic Heritage, in Sokobanja, and the Ljubomir Janković Award in Gruža, among others. Her works have been translated into several languages.
She is currently preparing a new novel, The House of Strange Souls, and a poetry collection titled While We Wait for Tomorrow.
Radmila Stojadinović lives and creates in Požarevac, remaining true to an artistic expression that continues to inspire and encourage further writing.
