Knitting Poetry ~ Pletilja Poem by Jankovic Zoran

You say it's better to knit
and you do not want to write poetry.

All I can do is to buy
two armchairs from baobab:
The first for us
and the other for our dreams.

You'll sit in my lap and knit,
and I write poetry and read it to you.
Our dreams will mysteriously smiling.

There is no foolish idea of this:
Somebody in Africa is knitting
and seated in the lap of
Bosnian man who writes poetry.

14.5.2013.

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Pletilja

Kažeš da je bolje da pleteš
i da nećeš da pišeš poeziju.

Sve što mogu da uradim je
da kupim dvije fotelje od baobaba:
Prvu za nas a drugu za naše snove.

Sjedićeš mi u krilu i plesti
a ja pisati poeziju i čitati je tebi.
Naši snovi će se zagonetno smješkati.

Ne postoji luđa ideja od ove:
Neko u Africi plete
a sjedi u krilu nekog Bosanca
koji piše poeziju.