starlight
the right
of asylum
Author: Elmedin Kadric
Elmedin Kadric was born in Novi Pazar, Serbia, but writes out of Helsingborg, Sweden. A student of both longer and shorter forms of poetry, and an avid observer of everything else.
the talk
of the town
blue moon
new moon
a higher standard
of solitude
(Originally published in Frogpond 44:3 Autumn 2021).
a son’s silence is
weighing on her
first day of winter
chimes
the wind
in place
short day
this cold shell
of a bullet
the soft patter of an old flame moth night
November
I turn myself over
to the rain
on the wrong side of history graveyard tulips
burning bush
what to become
when I’m old
private beach
the kids build
an ivory tower
A haibun by Elmedin Kadric
Valentine’s Day
the palm reader’s
warm hands
dry leaves–
helping my father
with his death poem
making
a long story short
fall