Bogdanka
Stojanovski
Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
A sequence from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia)
dark and unclear
peaks of Sara Mountain
grow pale at dawn.
swaying reed mace
upon the softy mud
over flies by heron.
lake Ohrid --
glimmering in the water
ornate golden letter.
in the softy mire
of the smoothered stream
the shadow of fish
the old oak breaks --
young sprout from the stump
divides it in two halves.
caravanserai --
in samuilo's fortress
crickets sing.
cooper knocker
threadbare by knocking
no one hails.
the sun has set --
the dusk before the night
gathered the shadows.
string of stars
upon the Ohrid Lake
and pearl of moon.
Darko Plazanin
Samobor - Croatia
Embraced by the ice
from the firmament to the Earth-
an iron chain
The winter night
reclined down over
an entire field
Milan
Zegarac-Peharnik
Zagreb, Croatia
The remembrances
of summers passed by grow up
in oak-tree's shadow
Following old woman
a raven hops along
the path in the snow
Rudi Stopar
Svenica, Slovenia
Pidgeon visiting
above the spaceous blue sky
of kind of generosity
Empty
road
heat-shining on the highway
yellow house
Copyright Authors, 2000