ZDENKA MLINAR

ZDENKA MLINAR

Dream Meadow

No more, my mother, those flowers

In front of our house in my eyes;

It's the time of some other worlds

And harder and harder the grass breathes.

Like the numb dead silence

Around our house the wasteland has folded her wings,

There the evil Satan naps,

For new campaigns he strengthens his wings...

But do not worry! In my thoughts

Cheerful, fragrant and vivid are the colours;

I am standing with you in our tiny paradise parts,

I'm chasing away the grey clouds with the strings of flowers.

In our eyes there is the luxurious dance of the butterflies,

Around us and within us there is the joy of living;

With you, the music of love my heart feels,

Floral and innocent, the dream meadow-

my mum, my loved, my heart is singing!

The Belief

They were teaching me to believe:

In order, work and honesty,

In God, Church and the people,

In angels and devils,

In the beauty of paradise

And in the hellfire horror...

And I believed:

That nice word all doors opens,

That smile is the mirror of the soul,

That promise is the same as the oath,

That love all barriers breaks,

That righteousness the peace to the soul gives...

I believed, as others believe,

See, understand, hear...

But all around me

Fake believers,

Greedy bastards,

The slaves of the egoism...

The silence of the children dying

And the pure love yelling!

Woman

Woman!

For love made,

With sacred gifts

blessed;

Empathy

In her heart,

Her joy

When giving,

Gentleness

When caressing...

To heaven

Assumed,

By the smile

Of new life

Illuminated...

Albeit tearful!

And beaten,

And wounded,

And murdered.

WOMAN!!!

ZDENKA MLINAR

 (Zagreb, Croatia)

ZDENKA MLINAR (born 1957 Sanski Most, BiH - lives and works in Zagreb and Velika Gorica, CROATIA). She writes poetry, prose and miniatures (aphorisms, haiku ...). She is a member of many cultural associations and societies and has published five independent collections of poems. She normally writes in Croatian standard, but also takes a challenge of writing in Croatian dialects. Her poetry and haiku works have been published in many international collections and journals, and in several European anthologies, while her haiku works have been included in the Anthology of Croatian Haiku Poetry in 2018. In 2019 she has been selected in the European top 100 most creative haiku authors. Some of her poems have been translated into Italian and English, while a dozen of them became lyrics for music songs.  She is publishing her works in electronic media and in various guest appearances and round tables, and for her work she has received a number of letters of appreciation, praise, acknowledgments, diplomas…She is an active member of social community, participates in art colonies and various charity activities. In 2018 she held a solo art exhibition.