EMINA TANOVIĆ

 

 

The Substance Of The Soul

 

I do not know a universe without you, Mother,

Nor a silence that isn’t shaped by your voice.

You live in me—not as blood or thought,

But as the first light that gives form to shadow.

 

You are my Before, my Now,

And the After I’ve yet to understand.

With each day I’m born anew,

You remain the seed of my becoming.

 

You are not merely the woman who gave me life—

You are the architect of my being,

The shelter where my soul finds breath,

The mirror through which I emerge.

 

In the quiet moments, when you're not nearby,

Your presence still speaks from within.

And when I falter, you don’t call aloud—

You reach with hands that move beneath the surface.

 

You are the gravity of my essence—

All that strays finds its way back to you.

No matter how far I drift,

I never forget where I began.

 

And one day, when you sleep

In silence as vast as the cosmos I came from,

I will already know: you have not left.

You will have only drawn closer.

 

For “Mother” is the name

Of all that never fades.

 

Echoes of Distant Stars

 

In shadows deep where twilight falls,

lie whispers lost in ancient halls,

of stars that soared in skies untamed,

and dreams the restless night reclaimed.

 

Beneath the world’s unyielding spin,

are secrets buried far within,

of hearts that blazed with fierce delight,

now woven through the endless night.

 

The winds that stir at dusk’s embrace,

bring murmurs lost in time and space,

of laughter, tears, and silent cries,

like scattered threads across the skies.

 

We chase the dawn with fleeting grace,

and trace our paths in boundless space,

for though our fires fade and die,

the echoes light the midnight sky.

 

EMINA TANOVIĆ

 

EMINA TANOVIĆ (2005.) was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she completed her studies at the Medical High School. She's now Med Student in Croatia. She was a longtime champion and a representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in karate across various age categories, competing in the „Kata “category. She competed in the European Championship at a very young age and even qualified for the World Championship at just 14. She regularly took part in Balkan Championships. She currently lives and studies in Germany. She has been writing since childhood, starting in elementary school, and developed a strong passion for writing during high school. She participated in numerous school events dedicated to poetry and prose. After graduating from high school, she devoted even more attention to writing. She has taken part in various literary events across the Balkans. Her works, both poetry and prose, have been published in numerous anthologies throughout the Balkans and Europe. Additionally, her writings have appeared in various literary magazines, online platforms, recitals, and similar venues. She primarily writes in the Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian language. However, she enjoys writing the most in English and also writes in Turkish and Russian. She has also authored a few works in Latin. Her preferred form of writing is poetry (in all its forms, from „classical“ poetry to haiku and even „sevdalinka“), but she also enjoys writing prose, literary criticism, essays, and other forms of literature.