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A flower and myself are not enough, there must be sunFrom the film To Feel A Little (dir. Reičela Paula Zapevālova). Source Ji.hlava IDFF

Poem

A flower and myself are not enough, there must be sun

27. 10. 2025 / AUTHOR: Imants Ziedoņis

Each day catches fire

Each day catches fire. 
If you have walked all day and not seen it, wait. 
Don’t blink; it might happen that instant. 
One morning there was dew on the grass. 
But no sunlight, and the dew was red-grey, the rose didn’t speak. 
The next day there was dew and sun, but the rose had shed its petals. 
There must be a triad. 
A flower and myself are not enough, there must be sun. 
A birch and myself are not enough; the birch needs wind, or a thrush, or frost.

Being as a Tool of Miracle. The Poem as a Bond Between Body and Mind. Latvian director Reičela Paula Zapevālova, in her film To Feel a Little, presented at the Jihlava Documentary Film Festival, combines the cinematic medium with the work of Latvian poet Imants Ziedonis. Read an excerpt from his poem.