Dunja
Pezelj
Split, Croatia
In the shadow of leaves
bush is hiding thorn.
Ripe blackberry.
Foggy veil
is hiding the joining
sky with the sea.
Umbrella given as a gift
rein calling the memory,
of dead friend.
On the table cloth
faded petals.
More beautiful rose.Melting
leaves of pelargonium.
Life is flowing away.
Frozen flower
on the bush without leaves.
Early spring.
Behind the island
Shiny city is disappearing.
Boat in the night.
Evening redness
wipes out white sketch
of clouds.
Barry
A. George
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
After the storm
he is rich in umbrellas--
the homeless man
Only reflections--
our subway car burrowing
deep into night
Fall's first chill--
the football
bounces louder
Everyone walking to work
and the speckled
sky
Dina
Franin
Zagreb, Croatia
beautiful weekend
with a monologue
by my husband
a crust of bread
is jumping with sparrows
round the courtyard
morning dew
on poppy in bloom
getting reddish
the veiled moon
the stars lighten up
slowly in the night
Nikola
Nilic
Doza Djerbdja 70, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Submission by letter
by bent head
near little girl's catafalque
cries a doll as well
hunchebacked father
his whole life reduced in
a palm full of corn
in a cellar
father pours out cask --
autumn in a glass
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