Aksinia Mihailova (s)
Bulgarie

In the morning mist
a dogrose shrub
yawns.

The wind blows
back the kisses -
petals over my body.

In the emigrant's handbag
the whole Bulgaria -
a handful of earth and a rose.

In the sky
white calla lilies -
not a cloud in the puddles.

A bee and an iris
in conspiracy -
sweets the ear of unripe honey.

A calm path
through petunias -
fragrant clouds.

The bee knows the way -
the buzz follow
at the end - a dogrose shrub

Grows the shadow of a walnut
dropped by a crow
years ago.

Borivoj Bukva
Rijeka, Croatia

Zvjezdana prašina
uhvaćena u mrežu
bez ijedne ribe!

Stardust
caught in the net
without any fish!

Na podu leže
glumci i maske.
Ruža na stolu.

Actors and the masks
lie on the floor.
The rose on the table.

Odakle dolaze
ti tamni oblaci?
Odnose ljeto.

Where are they from
these gloomy clouds?
They take along Summer.

Drhtaj tijela
i leptirov poljubac.
Plamen u duši.

Shiver of body
and butterfly's kiss.
Flame in the soul.

Predrag Pešić Šera
Smederevo, Serbia and Montenegro

Tiho sa grane
napušta samoću
poslednji list.

In the silence
the last leaf leaves
loneliness of branch.

duva severac
skakuću po krovu
mladi orasi

north wind is blowing
green walnuts are
jumping on the roof

treša dvorišta
prigrabi za sebe

cherry tree in bloom
grasps a half of court
for itself

šetnja livadom ...
koliko skakavaca
skoči u potok?

walking down the meadow ...
how many grasshoppers
jumps into the brook?

 

Alenka Zorman (s)
Ljubljana, Slovenia

cvetijo vijolice
oblecem
zimski plasc

blooming violets
I dress
my winter coat

majska vrocina -
na obesalniku se vedno
zimski plasc

May heat --
still on the hanger
my winter coat

otozna
se pogreznem v modrino
spomincic

blue I sink
into the blueness
of forget-me-nots

 

Rositsa Yakimova (s)
Sofia, Bulgaria

a butterfly
the rose passed by -
a dewdrop noticing

to my dry bed
wet noise of raindrops
reaches

rain cloud you are
it only takes time
to change our places

this morning
I awoke again
nobody knows still

by the highway
a cart with one
horsepower