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Balkan Odyssey

The Fall of the Germans of Vrsac

The Banat Germans dispapperaered after WWII. From forced migration to revenge attacks, only a small minority remain, often hiding among repectable minorities …

Visiting a Church at Vršac

This poem was written visiting Serbia for the first time nearly ten years ago now, if not more… It stands there like …

Temple to a Newer God

Where once they worshipped Apollo Zeus, other Gods and Pan There now stands the Church to the Son of God Made flesh, …

Neath Trees I Sit And Think A Bit

Neath trees I sit and think a bit As the noon day scorching sun He who with energy was fired is now …

Girl in Black, Child on a Swing

Shes young herself, not yet twenty Or at least she looks so to me And swings her child upon a swing And …

Kid in a Cart in Kosovo

This poem is a few years old. To this day, there are still Roma, Egyptian and Ashkali families in lead polluted homes, …

Saint Theodore of Vrsac

Under the Holy Flag of Saint Sava Six hundred villages united, strong Rose under Theodor, for freedom to strike Living under the …

Few Turks in This Town Anymore

Few Ottomans are in Knes Selo That once ruled here before The call to prayer does not ring Around these hills anymore …

Dusky Aphrodite of the Smiling Eyes

She was the loudest and the most beautiful Her smile came from the soul Through the eyes as much as through the …

Pannonia in Peace and War

These plains wide watered By seasons rains from the sky Bringing life to earth. These plains wide watered By mans blood shed …

Love of God – Hatred of Fellow Man

Monasteries in Kosovo hold some of the most militant churchmen, who pray to the God of love, and then preach war and …

Two Words Between Strangers

“Dobar dan” said I to a stranger As at me the old man stared In a Calvin Klien T-Shirt that screamed AMERICA!!!! …

The Fields of Vojvodina

The fields of Vojvodina are as flat as the world is round A fairer land bar Ireland is rarer to be found… By …

Skopje At Night

The ladies are very friendly In the carpark outside the hotel If your interested and have money For you all will be …

As If a Pop Star

The African girls smiling, even from the eyes, And jumping, laughing screaming And I, apprehensive knew I wasn’t But wished I was …