KRISTINA LANG'S LETTERS & POEMS

For months now, the world has been watching the Israeli retaliation in Gaza. Hamas killed 1,139 people, mostly Israelis, in October 2023,...

The wedding time of my generation, people who are now in their late fifties, is long gone and the time of our children's weddings has...

At the time when the first film Avatar came out, in 2009, I did not go to the cinema and watched the film at home once it was shown on...

You get mad at me. I get mad at you. And nothing has changed within us. We still love each other; we dream like before. You separate me...

I remember my aunt Anka, the wife of my father's cousin Šime, from my earliest childhood. Year after year, we spent summers together, and...

Tito was a charismatic personality who built a unique path in the world of politics during and after World War II. As an extremely...

Last weekend, in the company of friends, I welcomed the New Year 2024 for the second time, which, according to the Julian calendar, is...

My daughter and I welcomed this New Year 2024 in the wonderful Zrinjevac park in Zagreb. We arrived in the city centre by tram and got...

Another year is coming to an end and somehow, we spontaneously turn around and sum up what happened and how we felt. In the course of the...

In my soul sorrows dance a minuet, They are a part of me, and I wear them gently. I go through the days; I don't count the nights. Bright...

In my teenage years, I adored the Serbian actor Žarko Laušević, who died earlier this month at the age of 63. Žarko played a Croatian...

Short, rainy, autumn days pass, and I somehow get lost in daily tasks and notice autumn too little both around me and within me. Autumn...

On my flight from Sofia back to London, I am writing this article with the intention of reminding myself of the wonderful three days I...

Another autumn with you, my little one, I am grateful for the moments in which you are here. A good heart and inner beauty, happiness,...

Croatia has a somewhat unusual shape, and the shape of the country is dominated by the long coast along the eastern side of the Adriatic...

Our old lady, time flies and I wonder now, Where has all our time together gone? In all gentle encounters, there was so much of you, Why...

When on the first day I passed through a narrow canyon, paved and very impressive in itself, and found myself in front of a building...

We landed in Amman, the capital of Jordan at night and a long flight above the city and all its lights told us that it was a very large...

Sometimes life has opened doors for me, But I didn't even notice them and stayed nearby. Sometimes I didn't know how to open them And I...

I wish I didn't love you. I'm tired of longing, I got tired of thinking and wanting. I wish I didn't fantasize about you anymore. Like...