THE LITTLE MERMAID’S SONGS

on her way to the witch   gladly would I exchange these feet for the fins these words for the voice of the deep I ought to be the foam of the ocean, I’m walking again those slow painful roads – they said there would be pain in every...

FLIGHT TRAJECTORY

through the courtyards – above the town-hill – along the line of lightning – behind the bird flying swiftly just above the window sill – wrapped in worn-out greenery under the cover of noon, I’m pulling closer everything that’s scattered, changed in rolling, releasing new shoots, gathering the roots...

ZAGREB CHILDHOOD

THE YARD BEHIND THE BUILDING Nobody lets the children play there anymore, beside the garbage bins and tricycles, in the narrow space beside a low barrack, out of which come men in green overalls. Nevertheless, it is still, at least partly, an old-fashioned backyard: as testifies a double stand...

REINCARNATION

It was the first night he dreamed about being a fish. The building which the rebels held for seventy-one days was all in flames, but some other people armed with stones and sticks attacked police stations in the city. Delightful feeling of the dream vanished in the news. No,...