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South East Europe - Yugoslavia 1999

(From the Shiki list)

NATO
is bombing Yugoslavia --
Holy Week

Dimitar Anakiev
March 29

sky over Belgrade --
children are waving to NATO
fighting aircraft

air-raid alarm --
NATO bombs are crossing
the flight of crows

shelter --
a child's trembling hand
draws a butterfly

Vid Vukasoviæ
March 29

after bombing
the ruins of a bridge
linked by fog

Neboj¹a Simin
March 30

knowing nothing
about NATO bombing
yellow narcissus grows

Liliana Miljaniæ
April 2

air-raid shelter --
speaking with the neighbours
from the upper flat

bomb explosion --
in a cloud of smoke
the gloomy moon

in front of the church
a mother and daughter
with badges "Target"

Zoran Doderoviæ (td)
April 3

nine candles on the cake
all wishes (are) the same - NO more
birthdays in the shelter

Jasminka Nada¹kiæ-Djordjeviæ
April 4

darkening my window
before an air-raid --
the bright moon

Dragan J. Ristic/
April 5

unexploded
yellow NATO bomb --
the field of dandelions

Radovan ®ivanoviæ
April 6

after bombing
in my flower-pots
no more flowers

®ivanka Dragosanoviæ
April 6

air-raid --
in the piece of window glass
a piece of the sky

Zoran Doderoviæ
April 6

flocks of wild geese
migrating this winter night
through my restless dreams

Vid Vukasoviæ
April 6

air-raid alarm --
traffic light is working
for no one

Ljubinka To¹iæ
April 7

dark shelter --
I am stepping on someone
child's toy

Svetomir Djurbabiæ (td)
April 7

burnt cherry-tree --
the spring is coming
by NATO aircraft

Ferenc Toth
April 8

after the night
of bomb whistling --
morning chirp

Nada Zlatiæ-Kavgiæ
April 10

NATO planes --
the beauty of the sky
on the child's face

Goran Poletan
April 10

spring sunshine --
in the ploughed field
a NATO rocket

green meadow --
spring flowers mixed
with NATO leaflets

Aleksandar Paviæ(td)
April 10

sunny morning
after the night of bombing --
a dove flies off

air-raid alarm --
a petal of blooming plum
falls down

Pavle Adjanski
April 12

gloomy sky --
walking with my son
in air-raid alarm

Du¹an Gladiæ
April 13

moving nowhere
in air-raid alarm --
a scarecrow

Aleksandar Paviæ
April 13

bombing stopped --
next to the garden of red tulips
a site of fire

Easter morning --
cock-a-doodle-doo
and air-raid alarm

Bogoljub T. Mihajloviæ (td)
April 14

way to the shelter --
someone's phone is ringing
and ringing...

all the day
in the shelter -- this spring
is passing away

Milenko D. Èiroviæ-Ljuticki
April 14

smoke and fire --
near the destroyed home
cherries still in bloom

mother's kiss
calming the little girl
after the bomb blast

Vid Vukasoviæ
April 15

detonations --
the X tapes on the pane
divide the sky

Zoran Doderoviæ
April 16

bombing stopped --
the lion from the broken bridge
drowned in Danube

Milan Pokrajac
April 16

broken bridge --
a white car
still on it

Bogdanka Stojanovski
April 18

cartoon stopped,
bombers over my head --
I see a real war

Filip Stojanovski (11 years)
April 18

spring sky --
at the moment of explosion
not any star

Jasminka Nada¹kiæ- Djordjeviæ
April 18

distant explosions
the eyes of children reddened
of tears and smoke

will it ever stop
asks the little girl
her smiling doll

Vid Vukasoviæ
April 20

Pilots returning.
In their cockpits the photos
of their loved ones.

Vid Vukasoviæ
April 21

shelter --
an old woman is wiping
her red apple

deserted town --
the birds also
(are) going away

Dejan Bogojeviæ
April 23

TV building
while burning down
still produces news

a dead cameraman
holds tightly his camera
smeared by blood

(RTS destruction)

Vid Vukasoviæ
April 23

morning coffee --
news about the broken bridge
followed by sparrows' chirping

Sasa VaŸiæ
(from Batajnica)
April 28

after the bombing
ashes on the site of fire --
spring dusk

Nevenka Bratiæ
(from Zemun)
April 28

so 'safe' in the shelter
children are covered in
(all) our tears and fears

NATO kill only Serbs
sometimes, maybe, wrong targets
what a human war

young fresh lettuce
we are watching, not eating --
war spring ninety nine

Jasminka Nada¹kic-Djordjeviæ
April 28

sound of a bomber --
a blooming chestnut tree
in the moonlight

the refinery is burning --
oil smell enters
our shelter

Zoran Doderoviæ
May 08

explosion --
my sleepy parrot
falls down

Dus\/an Mijajloviæ Adski
(from Ni¹)
May18

in the sleepless night
and passed memories
falls the bomb

a woman opens
the broken window
to feed a pigeon

Svetlana Mladenoviæ
(from Belgrade)
May 27

after air-raid
siren stopped
the still flight of a bird

Vid Vukasoviæ (td)
May 30

cold and bright spring night,
in grandfather's eyes tears: "God,
save the children from bombs!"

Jasminka Nada¹kiæ- Djordjeviæ
Jun 08