Space

Space is probably Gregor Strniša’s most elaborate concept,which he himself speaks about at the beginning of hisessay; that it is not a chronological anthological reviewand summary of his poetry, but rather a newly compiled thematicselection in terms of principle and the principles of the topicitself. Knowing Strniša’s poetry and frame of mind, it is notjust about the poetic work, but about the poet’s comprehensivephilosophy and attitude towards the world/poem/space. Thebook is divided into three sections, and at the beginning thereis The Lullaby, translated by the poet himself, which wouldprobably belong more at the end of the book, if the poems werearranged by more “classical” principles; but precisely in this liesthe charm of the current classification—that Strniša focuseson the essence of his poetic world, his fable, spells and also hisformal poetic system, which is based on assonances and addsmysticism/cosmic dimensions to his poems.