Haiku by Zdenka Mlinar
an evil man
an escape into a hug
Mother Earth
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Earth
soaked in tears
blood moon
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rain
drop of refreshment
in a sea of thirst
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old forest
there are no young trees
the eagle clicks
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empty riverbed
International Mother Earth Day
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children
they clean the environment
faith in love
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clear stream
of my childhood
memory
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autumn
without chestnuts
lemon cake
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felling of pine trees
for the Christmas holidays
sick child
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silent departure
dead pines
haiku prayer
Biography
Zdenka Mlinar lives and works in Zagreb and Velika Gorica, CROATIA. She writes poetry, prose, and miniatures. She is a member of many cultural associations and societies and has published seven independent collections of poems. She normally writes in Croatian standard, but also takes a challenge of writing in Croatian dialects. Her poetry and haiku works have been published in many international collections and journals, and in several European anthologies, while her haiku works have been included in the Anthology of Croatian Haiku Poetry in 2018. In 2019, 2020 and 2021 she was selected in the European top 100 most creative haiku authors, and ishe is a member of the world register of the Haiku Foundation. Some of her poems have been translated into Italian and English, while a dozen of them have become lyrics for music songs. She is publishing her works in electronic media and various guest appearances and round tables, and for her work, she has received many letters of appreciation, praise, acknowledgments, diplomas and medals.
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