GEERT VERBEKE, Flanders, Belgium

green tea
and the smell of apples
summery orchard

zeleni čaj
i miris jabuka
leto u voćnjaku

horses in the night
the echo of hooves
a unique sound

konji u noći
jedinstveni zvuk
potkovica

under her photo
a few rose petals
and some butts

pod njenom slikom
nekoliko latica i
poneki pupoljak

a wasp flounders
in the marmalade
for a sweet death

osa se koprca
u marmeladi -
slatka smrt

a backward glance
the smell of peaches
and our wedding photo

brz pogled unazad -
miris bresaka i naša
slika sa venčanja

tombstone
under virgin snow
my parents

nadgrobni spomenik -
ispod netaknutog snega
moji roditelji

brushwood twigs
how they make a screen
for the bluebells

motionless blossoms
the smell of old rain
and young mint

along the boulder path
soft red-rimmed marks
of apple blossoms

birth of tiny buds
promise of a renewal
in old arid land

farmers salute spring
their bald heads bowed
under straw hats

rumbling thunder
reverberate between hills
the swallows shiver