Miodrag the Writer – 緣覺乘米奧德拉格大師
@miodragthewriter.bsky.social
Serbian-Canadian, Lambda Literature Award winner. Former lecturer at several universities, sworn court interpreter, journalist and translator of several embassies.
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Respect for all, reverence for none.
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Respect for all, reverence for none.
Pinned
Multiverse, hear Thou me!
It is my Venus Return, coinciding with Mercury and Sun Returns within 10 days.
It si time for Thee to give something. I cannot go on otherwise.
It is my Venus Return, coinciding with Mercury and Sun Returns within 10 days.
It si time for Thee to give something. I cannot go on otherwise.
恭喜發財
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
恭喜發財
One sure can still see the dredges of British society (being deported to the far flung colonies in lieu of wasting away days in gaol) in the facial features of some Kangaroostanis today, to wit: the deported convicts' descendants, wouldnch'all agree?
The Liberal Party of Australia has a new leader. Angus Taylor beat Sussan Ley in a party ballot, 34-17.
Breaking: Angus Taylor becomes Liberal leader defeating Sussan Ley 34-17
Sussan Ley, the first female leader of the Liberal Party, has been replaced by Angus Taylor after nine months in the role.
www.abc.net.au
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
One sure can still see the dredges of British society (being deported to the far flung colonies in lieu of wasting away days in gaol) in the facial features of some Kangaroostanis today, to wit: the deported convicts' descendants, wouldnch'all agree?
I started writing poetry in Spanish as well (8th or 9th language I write in) some time ago.
A Chilean literary journal @ultramarinelitrev.bsky.social just published one of my poems.
www.ultramarinereview.com/es/post/cuan...
I started writing poetry in Spanish as well (8th or 9th language I write in) some time ago.
A Chilean literary journal @ultramarinelitrev.bsky.social just published one of my poems.
www.ultramarinereview.com/es/post/cuan...
Cuando estés muerto y blanco, papá
por Mìodrag KojadínovićSe alza en el tanatorio, fantasma tiránica de mi juventud. Su mueca sigue casi igual, una daga de homofobia, siempre afilada. Mi padre lo detuvo en la secundaria, habló con el s...
www.ultramarinereview.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:44 AM
I started writing poetry in Spanish as well (8th or 9th language I write in) some time ago.
A Chilean literary journal @ultramarinelitrev.bsky.social just published one of my poems.
www.ultramarinereview.com/es/post/cuan...
I started writing poetry in Spanish as well (8th or 9th language I write in) some time ago.
A Chilean literary journal @ultramarinelitrev.bsky.social just published one of my poems.
www.ultramarinereview.com/es/post/cuan...
Бивши анђели
Ристо Ратковић
(1903 - 1954)
Богојављенски су хујала небеса, огромна,
Звездана, хладна.
Силазили сте на реку смрзнуту,
Високи, витки, лепи.
Анђели бивши знам:
Кротили сте мрак уводама.
У моје срце-звон звонили сте
Крином,
Да не свиснем од живота.
(1/2)
Ристо Ратковић
(1903 - 1954)
Богојављенски су хујала небеса, огромна,
Звездана, хладна.
Силазили сте на реку смрзнуту,
Високи, витки, лепи.
Анђели бивши знам:
Кротили сте мрак уводама.
У моје срце-звон звонили сте
Крином,
Да не свиснем од живота.
(1/2)
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Бивши анђели
Ристо Ратковић
(1903 - 1954)
Богојављенски су хујала небеса, огромна,
Звездана, хладна.
Силазили сте на реку смрзнуту,
Високи, витки, лепи.
Анђели бивши знам:
Кротили сте мрак уводама.
У моје срце-звон звонили сте
Крином,
Да не свиснем од живота.
(1/2)
Ристо Ратковић
(1903 - 1954)
Богојављенски су хујала небеса, огромна,
Звездана, хладна.
Силазили сте на реку смрзнуту,
Високи, витки, лепи.
Анђели бивши знам:
Кротили сте мрак уводама.
У моје срце-звон звонили сте
Крином,
Да не свиснем од живота.
(1/2)
There's no difference between illegal abduction of Nicolás Maduro & Mme and their transfer to USA and the illegal abduction of Israeli hostages at the music event and their transfer to Hamas tunnels.
Now, Venezuelan guerilla has no power to do a genocide in response. Hope it does cause long strife.
Now, Venezuelan guerilla has no power to do a genocide in response. Hope it does cause long strife.
January 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
There's no difference between illegal abduction of Nicolás Maduro & Mme and their transfer to USA and the illegal abduction of Israeli hostages at the music event and their transfer to Hamas tunnels.
Now, Venezuelan guerilla has no power to do a genocide in response. Hope it does cause long strife.
Now, Venezuelan guerilla has no power to do a genocide in response. Hope it does cause long strife.
I clearly remember I saw in the late 1970s in Musée de l'Homme in Paris 2 shrunken human heads from Papua.
In the country that first said "no one is above the laws of the land, no kings, no masters!"
But the heads were not French or broadly European. So they stood there. Hope they are buried now.
In the country that first said "no one is above the laws of the land, no kings, no masters!"
But the heads were not French or broadly European. So they stood there. Hope they are buried now.
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I clearly remember I saw in the late 1970s in Musée de l'Homme in Paris 2 shrunken human heads from Papua.
In the country that first said "no one is above the laws of the land, no kings, no masters!"
But the heads were not French or broadly European. So they stood there. Hope they are buried now.
In the country that first said "no one is above the laws of the land, no kings, no masters!"
But the heads were not French or broadly European. So they stood there. Hope they are buried now.
"(... yes, I did learn Dutch then, and in the years thereafter, seemingly forever entrapped by Amsterdam, a dark venomous spider’s web in the expansive river’s delta)."
feeld.co/magazine/ple...
feeld.co/magazine/ple...
Scent and identity: A study of Iquitos | A Feeld Magazine
There’s only one scent whose sillage could span Yugoslavia to Canada. Writer Miodrag Kojadinović tells us how Iquitos became a cornerstone of his identity—in all its iterations.
feeld.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"(... yes, I did learn Dutch then, and in the years thereafter, seemingly forever entrapped by Amsterdam, a dark venomous spider’s web in the expansive river’s delta)."
feeld.co/magazine/ple...
feeld.co/magazine/ple...
Multiverse, hear Thou me!
It is my Venus Return, coinciding with Mercury and Sun Returns within 10 days.
It si time for Thee to give something. I cannot go on otherwise.
It is my Venus Return, coinciding with Mercury and Sun Returns within 10 days.
It si time for Thee to give something. I cannot go on otherwise.
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Multiverse, hear Thou me!
It is my Venus Return, coinciding with Mercury and Sun Returns within 10 days.
It si time for Thee to give something. I cannot go on otherwise.
It is my Venus Return, coinciding with Mercury and Sun Returns within 10 days.
It si time for Thee to give something. I cannot go on otherwise.
In November 1995 in Vancouver where I then lived, a First Canadian mix of two different tribes friend, Thomas Edwards, opened the miracle of the Internet for me by showing me how to surf the web at an artistic centre where he was then volunteering and where he first went online just a week earlier.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In November 1995 in Vancouver where I then lived, a First Canadian mix of two different tribes friend, Thomas Edwards, opened the miracle of the Internet for me by showing me how to surf the web at an artistic centre where he was then volunteering and where he first went online just a week earlier.
UNESCO Cities of Literature -- they ask me what I think
Miodrag published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I know we said we dislike the Musk and Zuckerberg platforms, but these guys have me on their Insta page and I appreciate it.
www.instagram.com/p/DNEj34Aukwi/
www.instagram.com/p/DNEj34Aukwi/
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August 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I know we said we dislike the Musk and Zuckerberg platforms, but these guys have me on their Insta page and I appreciate it.
www.instagram.com/p/DNEj34Aukwi/
www.instagram.com/p/DNEj34Aukwi/
I removed Gemini from my bookmarks.
Too argumentative and too Serbophobic. AI should be helpful. I still have Grok, MS Copilot, Qwen and possibly the most reliable of the Big 4, ChatGPT.
Plus the smaller ones, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Claude when needed...
Too argumentative and too Serbophobic. AI should be helpful. I still have Grok, MS Copilot, Qwen and possibly the most reliable of the Big 4, ChatGPT.
Plus the smaller ones, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Claude when needed...
July 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I removed Gemini from my bookmarks.
Too argumentative and too Serbophobic. AI should be helpful. I still have Grok, MS Copilot, Qwen and possibly the most reliable of the Big 4, ChatGPT.
Plus the smaller ones, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Claude when needed...
Too argumentative and too Serbophobic. AI should be helpful. I still have Grok, MS Copilot, Qwen and possibly the most reliable of the Big 4, ChatGPT.
Plus the smaller ones, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Claude when needed...
My photo from China in the Brazilian "Revista Literária Aspas Duplas"
(and a brief bio in Portuguese)
(and a brief bio in Portuguese)
July 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My photo from China in the Brazilian "Revista Literária Aspas Duplas"
(and a brief bio in Portuguese)
(and a brief bio in Portuguese)
Pour qui s'encore souvient de son français écolier.
Miodrag Kojadinović, Les grenouilles de l’Université Sun Yat-sen (rhymed version), SquidLitMag, Montréal
www.squidliterary.com/post/les-gre...
Miodrag Kojadinović, Les grenouilles de l’Université Sun Yat-sen (rhymed version), SquidLitMag, Montréal
www.squidliterary.com/post/les-gre...
Les grenouilles de l’Université Sun Yat-sen (rhymed version)
Seul, je marchais sous des lueurs tamisées et les nuages.Dans la cave d’un bâtiment aux murs inachevés, et danscinq des neuf étangs, les grenouilles-taureaux en bruitage,leurs chants m’accompagnaient ...
www.squidliterary.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Pour qui s'encore souvient de son français écolier.
Miodrag Kojadinović, Les grenouilles de l’Université Sun Yat-sen (rhymed version), SquidLitMag, Montréal
www.squidliterary.com/post/les-gre...
Miodrag Kojadinović, Les grenouilles de l’Université Sun Yat-sen (rhymed version), SquidLitMag, Montréal
www.squidliterary.com/post/les-gre...
If someone were to erase the global memories of the 1970s, I could spin (out of thin air) and recreate them almost in full simply by listening to Pierre Bachelet et Véronique Jannot singing " L'Atlantique".
Not kiddin'.
Could you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pO...
Not kiddin'.
Could you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pO...
" L'Atlantique " Pierre Bachelet et Véronique Jannot ( 1975 )
YouTube video by Mano - Niglo Theromantiquevirtuel
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If someone were to erase the global memories of the 1970s, I could spin (out of thin air) and recreate them almost in full simply by listening to Pierre Bachelet et Véronique Jannot singing " L'Atlantique".
Not kiddin'.
Could you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pO...
Not kiddin'.
Could you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pO...
I want my 44 poems published in real gold on dark turquoise rice paper in 44 numbered copies distributed to state libraries in 43 countries: 22 in Europe, 7 in Asia, 5 in South America, 4 in Africa, 3 in Oceania, 2 in North America (Mejico and either Canada or the USA) & 1 to be kept in Antarctica.
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I want my 44 poems published in real gold on dark turquoise rice paper in 44 numbered copies distributed to state libraries in 43 countries: 22 in Europe, 7 in Asia, 5 in South America, 4 in Africa, 3 in Oceania, 2 in North America (Mejico and either Canada or the USA) & 1 to be kept in Antarctica.
Death Toll (estimate):
Black Death ~125 million
World War II ~78 million
Justinian Plague ~60 million
Spanish Flu ~60 million
AIDS P(l)andemic ~40 million
Great Leap Forward ~30 million
COVID-19 / Coronomor ~18 million
World War I ~16 million
Antonine Plague ~7 million
Stalin’s Purges ~5 million
Black Death ~125 million
World War II ~78 million
Justinian Plague ~60 million
Spanish Flu ~60 million
AIDS P(l)andemic ~40 million
Great Leap Forward ~30 million
COVID-19 / Coronomor ~18 million
World War I ~16 million
Antonine Plague ~7 million
Stalin’s Purges ~5 million
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Death Toll (estimate):
Black Death ~125 million
World War II ~78 million
Justinian Plague ~60 million
Spanish Flu ~60 million
AIDS P(l)andemic ~40 million
Great Leap Forward ~30 million
COVID-19 / Coronomor ~18 million
World War I ~16 million
Antonine Plague ~7 million
Stalin’s Purges ~5 million
Black Death ~125 million
World War II ~78 million
Justinian Plague ~60 million
Spanish Flu ~60 million
AIDS P(l)andemic ~40 million
Great Leap Forward ~30 million
COVID-19 / Coronomor ~18 million
World War I ~16 million
Antonine Plague ~7 million
Stalin’s Purges ~5 million
If you have any kind of connection to a UNESCO City of Literature & have had at least one book published in any language, you qualify to apply for a writers' residence in Nanjing. You do need to speak English (or Chinese).
Apply in the next three days.
www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/open-ca...
Apply in the next three days.
www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/open-ca...
Open Call for Nanjing International Writers’ Residencies 2025 | Dublin UNESCO City of literature
Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.
www.dublincityofliterature.ie
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you have any kind of connection to a UNESCO City of Literature & have had at least one book published in any language, you qualify to apply for a writers' residence in Nanjing. You do need to speak English (or Chinese).
Apply in the next three days.
www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/open-ca...
Apply in the next three days.
www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/open-ca...
My "Why I never went to Nanaimo" is online as a Life Poem, thanks to @poetryfestival.bsky.social
Sad to say my friend Saša mentioned in it has died in March 2025, a week after his 65th birthday (had not got a single pension cheque, though just retired).
festivalforpoetry.com/2025/05/21/l...
Sad to say my friend Saša mentioned in it has died in March 2025, a week after his 65th birthday (had not got a single pension cheque, though just retired).
festivalforpoetry.com/2025/05/21/l...
LIFE Poem: Why I Never Went to Nanaimo, by Miodrag Kojadinović
by & © 2019 Miodrag Kojadinović I never went to Nanaimo during my four-ish years long exile to the Lower Mainland that had sprouted around New Westminster in 200 years ― a local California of s…
festivalforpoetry.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My "Why I never went to Nanaimo" is online as a Life Poem, thanks to @poetryfestival.bsky.social
Sad to say my friend Saša mentioned in it has died in March 2025, a week after his 65th birthday (had not got a single pension cheque, though just retired).
festivalforpoetry.com/2025/05/21/l...
Sad to say my friend Saša mentioned in it has died in March 2025, a week after his 65th birthday (had not got a single pension cheque, though just retired).
festivalforpoetry.com/2025/05/21/l...
Must say I was surprised the prepaid enevelope of the @election2025canada.friendica.quebec.ap.brid.gy worked in Serbia, ie I did not have to pay C$ 3.80 to support the grandson of the founder of New Democrats, who runs in my Van BC riding.
Sorry, Hedy Fry, you did help once, but are too old for MP.
Sorry, Hedy Fry, you did help once, but are too old for MP.
April 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Must say I was surprised the prepaid enevelope of the @election2025canada.friendica.quebec.ap.brid.gy worked in Serbia, ie I did not have to pay C$ 3.80 to support the grandson of the founder of New Democrats, who runs in my Van BC riding.
Sorry, Hedy Fry, you did help once, but are too old for MP.
Sorry, Hedy Fry, you did help once, but are too old for MP.
Shorties (see, I am being polite and not referring to them as "midgets"!) in politics are the problem.
Men who want to lead countries' polities should be at a minimum 1 cm taller than average for males in that country, not way too short like Putin, Macron, Zelenskyy etc.
Or Napoléon in his time.
Men who want to lead countries' polities should be at a minimum 1 cm taller than average for males in that country, not way too short like Putin, Macron, Zelenskyy etc.
Or Napoléon in his time.
February 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Shorties (see, I am being polite and not referring to them as "midgets"!) in politics are the problem.
Men who want to lead countries' polities should be at a minimum 1 cm taller than average for males in that country, not way too short like Putin, Macron, Zelenskyy etc.
Or Napoléon in his time.
Men who want to lead countries' polities should be at a minimum 1 cm taller than average for males in that country, not way too short like Putin, Macron, Zelenskyy etc.
Or Napoléon in his time.
Not sure what this means, but here is genoplot.com calculation of my YSEQ 23andMe identical data
February 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Not sure what this means, but here is genoplot.com calculation of my YSEQ 23andMe identical data