Rain

I listen to the drumming of rainon the leaves in the yard,sometimes the chimney swaysover the.....

Rain

Rain

Rain

I listen to the drumming of rain
on the leaves in the yard,
sometimes the chimney sways
over the fireplace.

If I touch the thing - it's sorrow,
to separate it without conscience,
it will disappear like a rainbow,
the rain will carry it away.

Emilija Matić

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Poet Emilija Matić was born on August 14, 1953, in Mojkovac, Montenegro. Losing her sight at the age of seven, she completed elementary school for visually impaired children and youth in Risan and Podgorica. She completed high school in electrical engineering in Zemun in 1974, and later worked at Centrotekstil until retirement. She wrote her first verses while still in elementary school. Her poems have been published in magazines such as "Vidovdan," "Jesenjin," and in anthologies including "Garavi sokak," "Sjaj trećeg doba," "Pjesma je naša svjetlost," "Jutro nad Ozrenom," "Vršačko pero," and "Poeti na dar," as well as in the anthology of poems, "Svetosavska zvona – poezija šapuće o nama." She won her first award at the literary competition "Jovan Nikolić" in 2012. She previously published collections of poems: "Kuda me vode puti" in 2008, "Snaga nežnosti" in 2012, "Priziv i odziv" in 2016, "U plavom obzorju" in 2020, "Šapat reči" in 2023, and a collection of short stories "Suza ima boju" in 2021.

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  1. Marina Matić
    Marina Matić07.04.2024.

    Sjajnooooooooo, draga Ema

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