Gordan Struić

SUMMER ISSUE #13 POET

Gordan Struić is a Croatian poet writing in both Croatian and English. His work explores quiet emotional resonances through minimalism, nature, and digital metaphors. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Stone Poetry Quarterly, Beyond Words, 34th Parallel, and Prosetrics Magazine.

LISTENING

I heard your hush
in the branches.
Not a whisper—
but a pause
before the leaf lets go.

You didn’t need
to answer.

I stayed,
listening
for breath
between
your stillness
and mine.

FORGIVE

I never whispered
to leaves—
only paused,
barefoot in their hush,

letting silence
turn to breath,
to wind
through waiting branches.

I hoped the earth
might forgive
how human
it is
not to know.