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Kosovo: Absinthe Night with Friends


Village Square, Brittany, 1883 — photo by Odilon Redon, accompanying poem "Kosovo: Absinthe Night with Friends"
Photo: Odilon Redon · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Over a decade since independence,
On the Balkan peninsula, Kosovo,
Its people warm and full of life,
Unforgettable that night of clinking cups.