AL FLORIN TENE-preface -VELVET STEPS- English-

Preface

The lyrical spirit in Mihaela CD’s poetry

Not being born spontaneously like Minerva from Jupiter’s head, Mihaela CD’s poetry in the volume Velvet Steps is undoubtedly the expression of the nostalgic moment the self of the poet with a complex activity in the field of literary creation, cultural promoter, and founder of magazines goes through.

The polychromatic fan of the global activities of this Lady of the Romanian literature, urges me to present it below so that the reader can understand: Mihaela CD is a writer, poet, editor, columnist, lyricist, cultural promoter, traditional and digital artist, she is member of the Writers Union of Canada, member of the World Poets Association – Romania, President of the World Poets Association – Canada, with published books: Blessing and torment (2019, ed. Celestium, Romania), The Fire within us (2020, ed. Celestium, Romania & Globart Universum, Canada), Sometimes Elephants are Flying – Bilingual Book (2020, Globart Universum, Canada).

She is present in numerous anthologies published in Romania, but also abroad, including: Universum, volumes 1–5, Parfumul Clipei, Flori(i)le poeziei, Cele zece porunci pe scara vieţii, Visul copilăriei, Literatura popoarelor, Columna iubirilor eterne, Vis cu Nichita, Lirica hunedoreană, Voi sunteţi lumina lumii, Olympiada mondială de poezie, Recunoştinţa prieteniei, Antologia Starpress, Poeţi şi prozatori români în regal eminescian, În ritmul paşilor copilăriei, Encyclopedia World Literature Academy, Clepsidra cu sentimente, Antologie de poezie religioasă românească, Iubirea ca o poezie. She is also present in interviews and dictionaries: Femeia – un nou anotimp in literatura contemporana, World Poets Association Dictionary 2020.

Knowing this vast and laborious activity, I realize why the poet refused the pattern of the poetic experiment without hesitation. I would say it is the choice of an individual romantic regime – these being the terms of the lyric approached by the poet.

I feel compelled to decipher the subtlety of the title of the book Velvet Steps, in the sense that “the steps” are the distance between the front and the back foot while walking or the possibility of a means to achieve something. Let us now see what the word “velvet” means: a fabric with thick, less than a millimeter tall threads on the surface. In this context, I understand that the poet follows her destiny without disturbing anyone. She slips like a snowflake through society, rejoicing the universe through the immaculate soul laden with love and poetry: “And an Autumn has come again … / Many more to come after her! / Today count the leaves that condemn you / To step lightly … with steps velvet…” (“Velvet Steps”).

The poet finds her literary object, her lyrical universe, in everything, even into her feelings. She jumps beyond the ancient limits of language in the cliché and over the multiplied visions with a single source: “A bunch of feelings is the whole life God, this is torment!” (“A chain of feelings is life!”).

In search of happiness, Mihaela CD sees joy like a Fata Morgana. She believes that this search melts in the flame of feelings, being a process and not a sentimental explosion: “I see a god dancing in fire/ To share the sad hopes/ The destiny of life is only one game/ Blind bullets and romances” (“Blind bullets and romances”).

From an aesthetic point of view, we discover, in this poem, the vision as a feeling, giving the reader the impression that the verses are a hybrid expression. However, the truth is that they are well-thought, kneaded, and chiseled to the brilliant stanza: “My soul hurts! violin / And the future seems sad to me abyss…” (“Sad abyss”).

Reading these poems, I remembered the aphorism of Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort: “Pleasure can be supported by an illusion, but happiness rests upon truth.”. Psychology is complex, and the poet is subject to her own feelings, because the poet goes through a crisis of age where, physiologically, she has an exaltation that combines with slightly melancholy and elegiac meditation, with allegorical visions exposed musically by rhythm and rhyme.

“Waltz in the field full of freedom/ Vibrant colors in the brightness of the sun/ Embrace in the wind of eternity/ Field flowers in the dance of happiness!”

“It ripples to the rhythm of the divine breezes/ And I fall asleep tired when evening falls/ In absolute happiness a cloud intervenes us/ Shaking its splashes all over the country.”

“From the wet dreams the mornings shine/ And the fine dust of the summer colors rises/ The wonderful landscapes your eyes abduct/ And murmur of the fanfare of the wildflowers” (“The fanfare of the wildflowers”).

The poetry in this volume relies on intuition and on unadulterated moral fenomenons. It has the sensitivity of a permanence that is both heroic and erotic. Being phenomenological regressive, it regards time as a progressive repetition of an anthropological native self. The poet’s romance is a sign of universality, an old Romanian expression of the balance of the worlds above and below. Besides, there is the moral-erotic and moral-heroic intuition and the exemplarity of a humanity whose chronicle consists of effigies.

Ultimately, in Mihaela CD’s poetry there is a depth of the lived ontological perspectives exemplifying the spiritualism with its ecstasy.  There is a close homogeneity between what is being created and what is being lived. So, the poet embodies a universal existence, not devoid of philosophically resounding drama, but detached from the experience and the incommunicable feelings. The great allegories – of death, love, living in nature, passion for the old, theological sense come from a verified cultural expression: the universality of the drama of an exponential self is enhanced by the intelligibility of cultural models.

Al. Florin Ţene

National President of the League of Romanian Writers

Member of the American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences

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DESPRE CARTEA VELVET STEPS/ About the book VELVET STEPS

Publicata/Publisher: la Editura  Globart Universum din Montreal, Canada,   2025/ Globart Universum Publishing House Montreal, Canada, 2025 

Editor/Senior Editor: Johnny Ciatloș Deak

Cuvântul editorului/Editor’s word: Johnny Ciatloș Deak

Prefață/Preface: Al Florin Tene

Cuvânt înainte/ Foreword: Victor Manole

Postfață/Postface: Aurelia Rinjea

Cuvânt de încheiere/ Closing word : Victor Manole

Impresii/Impressions : Violeta Butnariu

Lansata la/Launching at:  Montreal, Canada  

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• Al Florin Tene-Spiritul liric in poezia Mihaelei CD-prefata Pasi de catifea 2021
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• Prof Victor Manole critic literar-Introd Despre scriitoarea Mihaela CD-2021
• Prof Aurelia Rinjea -Eleganta vietii prin cuvant de poem -postfata 2021

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