Article describes the Liviu Damian’s poem theme between tradition and modernity. Poet use metaphorical language to express the drama of destiny of creation in the totalitarian system. Article reveals the subterfuge fighting communist censorship, shows a model of analysis of symbols in different contexts. Examples of modern literary art are illustrated in the work , which is one of the best volumes of the poet. Writer’s work retains its topicality. Writer’s work retains its topicality because artistic mastery, through problematic.Although well known as one of the most famous Romanian poets after the Second World War, Nichita Stănescu offeres in his essays some great surprises. Beyond his vivid poetic style, Nichita Stănescu wrote many confessions about his ars poetica and about his own identity - a poet of Romanian language, in fact a poet belonging to one of the most important treasures of the world: his nation.