Mihajlo Mika Pavlovic (s)

A cloud catching
shadow of the dragon-fly .
-on the empty field

The fluff of mist.
In the handful of wet grass
the earth fragrance.

Wind butterflies.
The moon and handful of sand
change nests.

Wandering eye.
The lead-gray evening
colored by lightning.

Miga Maria Manuela Ana
Bucarest, Romania (s)

scaun cu rotile -
de pe cerc paianjenul
sare în gol

the wheelchair -
from his circle, the spider
jumps into the void

 

ploaie de vara -
cantecul vrabiilor
fara sfarsit

indian summer rain -
the song of the sparrows
endlessly

 

Alenka Zorman
Ljubljana, Slovenia (s)

iz doline
se po gorski steni vzpne
senca oblaka

from the valley
up the mountain wall
the shadow of a cloud

razgovor o karieri -
njen parfum in
alkoholni dah

career interview --
her perfume mixed
with alcoholic breath

med belimi skalami
gorskega pašnika
črna ovca

among white rocks
on the mountain pasture
a black sheep

Predrag Pedja Sireta
Smederevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia

šarena slika -
na hladnjaku mog auta
mrtvi leptiri

Gaudy painting -
at radiator of my car
dead butterflies

gladni vrapčići -
zaledjene plodove
kljucaju uzalud

hungry sparrows -
pecking in vain
frozen crops

podne uz reku
i pržena riba -
miris detinjstva

noon by the river
and fried fish -
smell of childhood

Dragica Gašpar
Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia

prolećna kiša -
kraj presahlog bunara
miris divlje nane

spring rain -
by the old parched well
scent of peppermint

Miholjsko leto -
raspukle lubenice
mame osice

Indian summer -
rifted watermelons in field
attract wasps

Radivoje Rale Damjanović
Smederevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia

na odžacima
prolećna ikebana -
rodina gnezda

on the chimneys
spring ikebana -
storks' nests

mesec treperi
izmedju njenih nogu
u jezeru

the bright moon trembles
between her legs
in the lake