VALENTINA NOVKOVIĆ

 

 

A smile

 

Autumn has the outlines of a flame

that never burns out,

it also has slow, rustling,

thoughtful steps.

It packs summer memories

in some sewn pockets

that we will remember

when the first drops of rain

wash the sidewalks.

Autumn is also joy of a few sunflowers

that I bought from a saleswoman

next to a large market.

Her smile filled this day

with meaning.

 

Game Of Power

 

Silence and screaming embraced.

Meaning disappears

on the bloody fields of the murdered. Innocent.

Always swears by the justice those who hide

knives behind their backs.

Children.

Hungry, crying,

they don't understand

the rules of the game of the power.

They just want a hug

from their parents

who have moved on to eternity.

 

VALENTINA NOVKOVIĆ

 

VALENTINA NOVKOVIĆ (Serbia), graduate philologist, poet, prose writer, literary translator. Editor in a publishing house. Published four book of poems (Timeless 2014, Drop by drop 2018, Riddles of Tenderness, 2020, Poems to the Heaven, 2022, which won the first prize at the Fifth Drina Literary Meeting) and one prose book (Two hours from reality, 2020), Winner of many awards for poetry and prose as well as for translations. The book of stories by the famous writer and translator Rahim Karimov, "Stories for young people" Alma, 2019, which she translated into Serbian, received the award for the best translated prose book in 2019 by Literary Translators. Her verses have been translated into 16 world languages, and the book Odgonetke nežnosti was translated into Romanian in 2022 (Leo Butnaru translator, Timpul publisher.) She has translated individual stories and poems of more than 300 authors into Serbian, interviewed all important creators around the world and interviews were published in more widely read newspapers or magazines for culture and art. Member of the Association of Writers of Serbia and Kazakhstan, the Serbian Literary Association, and many associations in the world. Editor and host of the forum "Literary Conversations".