IBRAHIM HONJO

 

 

Deviance

 

Veered off course

went too far

some in ignorance

some carried away

 

from the viewpoint of biology

they turned away

from the designations of building blocks

color and size

typical of man as a species

 

humans as a species have veered off long ago

 

man is a phenomenon

which consists of light rays, exiting

from one point

they never meet at any new point

only diffuse into small, blurry images

 

the strength of a man is unequal

and it cannot be made sharp

and harmony establishes shades and colours

 

the apparent change of place of the stars

in the eyes of man

is the consequence of his constant movement

and bowing before the stars

as well as his tendency to turn

and bypass the truth

 

the image of a man will never be completely clear

nor sharp enough

man, always turns from one misconception to another

he himself is a misconception

from which he does not know how to escape

 

The Blunt Side Of The Sword

 

She hit me with the blunt side of the sword

to be her knight

 

she hugged me

kissed me

embraced me with her hands

 

she held me close to her firmly

and did not allow me to go

 

she hallucinates that she is my eternity

and we will drink wine from the same glass

in the candlelight

and celebrate the magic

of the blunt side of the sword

 

I admire her invention

and enjoy its fruits

 

IBRAHIM HONJO

 

IBRAHIM HONJO is a Canadian/Bosnian poet-writer, who writes in Bosnian, and English language. He has worked as an economist, journalist, editor, marketing director, and property manager. He is currently retired and resides in Canada. Honjo is author 26 published books in Bosnian Language, (7 books in English, 3 books bilingually (in English and Bosnian language). In addition, 5 joints’ books of poems published with Serbian poets. His poems have been represented in more than 80 world anthologies, and more than 60 literary magazines. Some of Honjo’s poems have been translated into Italian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Slovenian, Bahasa (Malaysia), Mongolian, Turkmen, Turkish, Russian, Bengali, Portuguese, French, Thai, Arabic, Tajik, Vietnamese, Chinese, Macedonian, Filipino, Persian and German. He received several prizes for his poetry.