The Soldier of Poverty

(to great-grandfathers)For whom did you bleed,soldier of poverty?For whomdid you kiss the pictureof.....

The Soldier of Poverty

(to great-grandfathers)

For whom did you bleed,

soldier of poverty?

For whom

did you kiss the picture

of your native land...

in the expanse of foreign

fertile fields?

For whom did you

endure fierce battles,

the darkness of Cer,

the glorious Kolubara,

the horrors of Drina,

the Albanian Golgotha;

Refused surrender,

a kiss in the lap

of enraged hordes,

for whom

did the proud perish,

your grandfather, father, brother!?

For whom did you

shed tears and sweat,

from your wound flowed

deadly pus!;

you endured hunger,

aged before your time,

yet you were young!

For whom?

"For your people!";

Not for money,

not for power,

but for loyalty and honor!

Eternal silence

without the sound of cannons,

without the cries from trenches,

are his only reward!

"Hail to you, soldier of poverty."

Igor Tintor

Igor Tintor
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Igor Tintor was born in Belgrade in 1979. He is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Association of Serbian Writers in the Homeland and the Diaspora. So far, he has published five lyrical collections of poetry: "Dreams from Reality," "Two Sides of the Medal," "Nomad Poems," "Dislocation," "Faces of Love" from 2009 to 2013 for USKOR, as well as the drama-lyrical epic "Repentance" in 2015. In the same year, he released the historical epic "The Fall of Constantinople" and the two-book "Dramolets" and "Nameless." His next work is published by IP Prosveta, titled "Poetry of Life and Death" in 2016. Then, IP Prosveta publishes his novel "The Path of Blindness" in 2018. In 2021, IP Prosveta publishes a collaborative work with the prose and poetic creator Marina Matić titled "One," followed by poetry collections "Marina," "Indivisible," "You Eternal Love," and "Before God and Before You," in the same year. He lives and works as a freelance artist in his hometown.

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The Soldier of Poverty