LUKA TOMIĆ (1933 ̶ 2022)
Biography
Luka Tomić, a writer and politician, lived and worked in Makarska, Croatia. He had a PhD in Economics and was the first president of the Matrix Croatica, Makarska branch. His work was translated into Slovenian, Romanian, Macedonian and English. Professionally, he published about eighty scientific papers in the fields of bookkeeping, organization, work evaluation and planning. During his lifetime he performed various business functions in different companies and was an expert lecturer for future economists. He was the President of the Assembly of the Split-Dalmatia County. He was awarded the Order of Ante Starčević by Croatia’s first president Franjo Tuđman in 1997. Luka Tomić published 15 collections of aphorisms and epigrams, and a collection of poetry.
Books published – Japanese short poems:
- Smokvin list (A Fig’s Leaf), Makarska, Croatia, 2014;
- Iskroskok / Sparkling of the Sparks, Makarska, Croatia, 2018.
Selected haiku and senryu:
even a kerosene lamp
may diminish the light
of the sky
i petrolejka
može smanjiti svjetlost
nebeskog svoda
(Smokvin list, 2014)
*
spring mist
the sailboat masts
hung in the air
proljetna izmaglica
jarboli jedrenjaka
vise u zraku
(The 9th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum, Japan, 2017)
*
a house dog knows
he is allowed to bark
only within himself
kućni pas već zna
da jedino u sebi
smije lajati
(First Prize, The Ivanić-Grad Senryu Contest, Croatia, 2017)
*
the seagulls call
from invisible heights
louder than the storm
zov galeba
iz nevidljivih visina
glasniji od nevere
(EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, THF, USA, 2017)
*
the Bora of Primorje*
gust after gust
in y rhythm without rhythm
primorska bura
raful za refulom
u ritmu bez ritma
(IRIS No. 11, Croatia, 2017)
*Primorje – the Croatia Littoral