The Cultural Association “Musa Ćazim Ćatić” awarded the “Musa Ćazim Ćatić” PLAQUE to Semira Jakupović, for winning fourth place with the award-winning poem “CHILDREN’S IMAGINATION” at the “Musa Ćazim Ćatić” literary competition announced in honor of the great Bosnian and Herzegovinian poet Musa Ćazim Ćatić for the best unpublished poem for children in 2022.
CHILDREN’S IMAGINATION
Children’s imagination
He really can do anything.
From Lego bricks to various crayons
Completed coloring pages and
Exercise books page
Throw, die, calculate quickly
And Snakes & Ladders easy to skip
Smart little head
He quickly comes up with new games.
He calls Nana and Grandpa to play.
And we, adults,
and who are the wise ones?
We can’t track.
Golden boy
A hardworking, cheerful little fellow
He has ideas.
Huge like houses
That’s great intelligence,
and a little human being
Let’s join the game.
And let us joyfully let go
To guide us
his vivid imagination
And then all sorts of things happen.
Water balloons are being blown up.
And so they fill our souls
Hands drawn on the board
Greetings are sent far away.
Handprints in colors
Pictures adorn the walls.
And many hearts are painted
They travel around the world.
Books are being read.
about winds and hurricanes
And they make houses out of pillows
They’re making it all up.
our little grandchildren
who we once were as babies
held on hand
I look at them, and my heart wants
To jump out of my chest
Every time my hand
With an outstretched hand, he greets
I have no other wishes.
But to put me in his heart
