Jovanka Stojčinović Nikolić (1952) is a Serbian poet and literary critic. She has published fourteen books of poetry and the newest one is The Thirteenth Step (2014). Her poems have been translated into several languages, published in many anthologies. The poetess has been rewarded several times for her work. She lives in Doboj and is the president of Literary Society of Republic of Srpska.
Painter
In a few moves He painted her Body I have never imagined The hands that
Take off his clothes Could look like this
Sad Room
I read in the papers About eight years old girl Playing in her room
With a red scarf around her neck
By the ends of it She tied the bed she was sleeping in
With her tomb
That's how I was suddenly hit Didn’t know how to run The blade of the day And forget the room I couldn’t say
More words about
Among Neighbors
The windows On the south side of our house Looking constantly At the neighbor's field That is divided into two halves
By a stream I'm watching and wondering Where has so much water gone Because of which there has been a war Among neighbors
All these years
Translated by Danijela Trajković
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