Danica
Bartulovic, CR
Free Verse
A Wish
On a large
canvas of the sky
I'll paint the fields full of brittle flowers
in the colors of rainbow
rosy lips of fragrant cyclamen
bright eyes of the Spring
shepherds and white, soft fleeced herds
the ploughman drawing a fertile furrow
I'll paint small wooden boats
flocks of fish in the heart of sea
singing nightingales
and settled swallows' nests
forests and extolling mountains
the belfries with golden bells
winding green rivers
sunny towns with wide streets
I'll pray to the Lord
to erase all our sins
so on the Heaven remains a nice painting
a honorable remembrance
of the Earth and Man
About
Danica Bartulovic, Croatia
Born in 1953
in Dalmatinska Zagora,Croatia. She lives in Podstrana (Strozanac)
nearby Split. Her work is published in many literary and
religious journals. So far she has published twelve
independent collections of poetry, has been published in
several anthologies, some of the poems being put to
music. She publishes reviews, reminiscences and was,
among others, the editor of the anthology Haiku in
Dalmatia, 2001 (prepared by Zlatko I. Juras). Danica's
poetry has been recited on radio, television and is on
the internet. She has won several prestigious awards for
her poems at International contests abroad. She is a
member of the Association of Croatian Haiku Poets,
Zagreb, publishes in magazine Haiku and
IRIS, takes part in haiku meetings in Croatia
and publishes in relevant joint collections.
This is
Danica Bartulovic's first appearance in
Sketchbook/
