by Olga Brajnović | Dec 17, 2023 | Memories, Poetry
Glued to the frosted glassof the living room doorwhere the magic was workingI dreamed with a merry heart Inside, to the scent of fir and mosslittle restless lightsAppeared one by oneUntil they illuminated the dark room It was the Christmas angelTalking to daddyand...
by Olga Brajnović | Jul 5, 2023 | Family, Memories, Poetry
Every nightI dream that I can’t reach youwhen you start the tripthat has set us apart.In my sore throatremain the questionsthat I never ask youand the beat of your lullabies.My first words were yoursand your last words were mineIn between, a universeof amazing...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 23, 2022 | Family, Memories, Poetry
I have put the nativity scene on the fireplacewithout forgetting the mutilated sheepthat are standing thanks to the mossin which they sink their remaining legs. The memories and emotions pile uplike the boys running the bullsin a morning of adrenaline and suspenseAt...
by Olga Brajnović | Jul 13, 2022 | Family, Memories, Nature, our life
After decades of absence, I visited the village where I spent the happiest summers of my childhood: Canet de Mar near Barcelona. My nephew, now a grown man, guided me thru the well-known old streets to the beach, where I could feel the mediterranean sea kissing my...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 24, 2021 | Memories, our life
Here I leave you a Musical Christmas Card. It’s a traditional Croatian carol we used to sing every Christmas Eve after midnight Mass. It is a lullaby to the child Jesus. And the words say something like this: Oh, my dear Child, I’m so happy! You are my...
by Olga Brajnović | Dec 22, 2021 | Memories, Poetry
Christmas is coming. A time full of poetry. My parents spent 12 years forcefully separated because of the persecution against Catholics by the communists in Eastern Europe. When they reunited in October 1956 in exile, they had each other and their daughter Elica who...
