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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 …

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 …

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 …

All Gone… Home?

While on holiday in Serbia, in Banat our car drove through village, and we were told it was once a totally German …

The Long Acre

A trains stopped, a dead cow on the trackway And children crying herding more And I woken from my reverie I enjoyed …