Wax Poetry and Art - "Origami" by Dragana Prpić

Published October 19, 2020

First Place – Poets of the World Contest #2

Origami

by Dragana Prpić
(Pančevo, Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia)

Wax Poetry and Art - "Origami" by Dragana Prpić

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Origami

You had no money in your pocket
Still
You wished to gift me something
And you made me paper cranes
Using only your bare hands
Still
I found a crystal case
To keep them in a precious place
Even when we parted ways
Still
I kept those paper cranes
That you made with your two hands
Until she threw it all away
I hadn't even had a say
I wept over those paper cranes
I wept that we have parted ways
Still.

Biography
My name is Dragana Prpić, I'm currently a student at the University of
Belgrade. I've written poems in Serbian and English since I was a child
and recently started experimenting with short stories. My poems are
often very personal, but I always have a need to find that universal
element in my personal feelings which can make my poems relateable
to many people, no matter who they are.

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Previously published in Wax Poetry and Art:
"E mily Kame Kngwarreye " by Sylvia Anne Telfer.

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