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Poetry Collection
Siesta Publishing house, 2014
11x18
210 pages
ISBN: 9789941443602

GOD IS AMONG YOU

DAVID DEPHY
God is Among You is a seventh poetry collection by David Dephy. The compilation was shortlisted for the literary award SABA as the best poetry collection of 2015.  David Dephy is an extraordinary representative of contemporary Georgian culture and he is never afraid to propose different experimental shows to his fans, his poetry is no exception, vise versa Dephy’s poetry is the best reflection of author's individuality. Thus he often tries to research infinite phonetic and syntactical possibilities of the language and to fuse with his genuine poetic concept. He is an intellectual poet, whose artistic world is quite rich and vivid and has multiple layers to be discovered. In his texts visionary images and philosophical tones perfectly matches with refined writing style and authenticity.

His work reflects westernized influences in play with the Georgian language and includes performance art, music, poetry, and novels. Dephy's love of language and rhyme is contagious.

Joy Stocke, Wild River Review, New York, Editor in Chief

 

EXTRACT

Translated into English DD and Julia Melikidze

THE MANIFEST ALPHA AND OMEGA 

I will never understand the world where:

The Life is the Death.
The Death is the Love.
The Love is the Lie.
The Lie is the Truth.
The Truth is the Shame.
The Shame is the Freedom.
The Freedom is the Rudeness.
The Rudeness is the Disposition.
The Disposition is the Problem.
The Problem is the Existence.
The Existence is the Belief.
The Belief is the Demagogy.
The Demagogy is the Experience.
The Experience is the Sin.
The Sin is the Wisdom.
The Wisdom is the Devil.
The Devil is the Angel.
The Angel is the Myth.
The Myth is the History.
The History is the Past.
The Past is the Being.
The Being is the Illusion.
The Illusion is the God
And the God does not exist.

The Life is the God.
The God is the Life.


THE TWELVE ANGELS

The Lilac Angel bears the sign of my Perfectness
And the Angel said to me:
“You know Deph, the Justice without Love is Cruelty.”

The Indigo Angel bears the sign of my Freedom
And the Angel said to me:
“The Intelligence without Love is Craft.”

The Blue Angel bears the sign of my Dreams
And the Angel said to me:
“The Authority without Love is Violence.”

The Green Angel bears the sign of my Calmness
And the Angel said to me:
“The Dignity without Love is Arrogance.”

The Yellow Angel bears the sign of my Faith
And the Angel said to me:
“The wealth without Love is Self-Interest.”

The Orange Angel bears the sign of my Childhood
And the Angel said to me:
“The Upbringing without Love is Hypocrisy.”

The Red Angel bears the sign of my Life
And the Angel said to me:
“The Belief without Love is Illusion.”

The White Angel bears the sign of my Speech
And the Angel said to me:
“The Truth without Love is Faultfinding.”

The Gray Angel bears the sign of my Death
And the Angel said to me:
“The Praising without Love is Mendacity.”

The Black Angel bears the sign of my Mystery
And the Angel said to me:
“Without Love you could not have been born David.”

The Colorless Angel bears the sign of my Spirit
And this Transparent Angel said to me:
“Love is the only thing to transform you
And to make you feel your Transfiguration today

You know it better than we do
And here you are
The Time has become Endless
And here We are – Twelve, all around you.”

 

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