she
sadly packing winter clothes in the closet
trying to remember
where has she lost the past year
which was the first and last for many things
he
leaning against the bed
writes meaningless pathetic verses which do not even rhyme
but actually trying to remember
how and where the heck did he lose the past year
he comes closer to the window it’s spring time
the street is dark and there is no more light, golden and grainy, from the wooden pole
that light that smells of fresh warm bread
and of winter
do you remember that some time ago we planned to travel to paris
and we still haven’t gone
together
you say your coffee is getting cold
it’s good to write poetry
you always have at hand a little piece of paper on which you can put the seeds from the cherry dumplings
Pesma no. 4
ona
tužno pakuje zimske stvari u ormar
pokušava da se seti
gde je izgubila prošlu godinu
prošlu godinu
koja je prva i poslednja za mnogo toga
on
nalakćen na krevetu
piÅ¡e beznaÄajne patetiÄne stihove koji se Äak ni ne rimuju
a ustvari pokušava da se seti
kako i gde je dođavola izgubio prošlu godinu
prilazi prozoru proleće je
ulica je mraÄna i viÅ¡e nema one svetlosti zlatne i zrnaste s drvene bandere
one svetlosti što miriše na svež vruć hleb
i na zimu
sećaš se da smo pre nekog vremena planirali da otputujemo u pariz
a još uvek nismo otputovali
zajedno
kažeš kafa ti se hladi
dobro je pisati poeziju
uvek pri ruci imaš papirić na koji možeš da spustiš koštice iz knedli sa šljivama
~ Dušan Gojkov
Dušan Gojkov is the founder and the first editor-in-chief of the Balkan Literary Herald. He reported for the Yugoslav press from 37 countries, and has dramatized and directed around 150 prose and poetry works. His most recent publication is the novel Potištenost (2012).
Maida Salkanović was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the eve of the latest war. She lived in the United States and Austria, but she hopes to return to Bosnia one of these days. She has a B.A. from Occidental College in Psychology and German and Spanish Literature. She writes poetry and theater plays and translates to and from the following languages: Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, English, and Spanish.Â
