Koryu meets Chess

Not Martial Arts but Minerva's Arts. Through a Struggle, be guided by Philosophy, Faith, Art, and Science. Like a Forest from the Olive Tree that Athena, goddess of Wisdom, offered the Greek people a long time ago.

Year: 2022

POETS REVEALING

This broken city is just beginning. To tell its stories. And reveal how many victims. ‘Orcs’ left behind.     The occupiers had a menu of abuses. For those held in the dank basement cells. Of a makeshift ‘orcs’ prison in Izyum. There was more than one type of torture.   He experienced most of […]

POETS IN A PINE FOREST

The exhumation was conducted mostly in silence. As police and prosecutors looked on. One officer put his head in his hands. Another walked away.   Emergency workers wore blue plastic coverings. In a pine forest at the edge of Izyum. The stench of death filled the air. As a mass exhumation got under way.   […]

POETS CLOSER TO THE EVIDENCE

On Monday ‘Gandalf the Green’ raised the ‘elves’ flag. In the recently-liberated city of Izyum. The closer you get to Izyum. The more evidence there is of ‘orcs’ rapid retreat.   ‘Elves’ soldiers are grouped. By the roadside near the city. Inspecting the spoils of war. With broad smiles.   There are two abandoned ‘orcs’ […]

A POET OF A COURAGEOUS ROMANTIC

Dear God, calamity again! … It was so peaceful, so serene. He resolved to stand on the frontline. Though he lived for the stage.   We but began to break the chains. That bind our folk in slavery… He exchanged his costume. For a grenade launcher.   When halt! … Again the people’s blood. Is […]

POETS IN KRYVYI RIH

Residents are being urged to evacuate. Because of a risk of flooding. After missiles hit a major reservoir dam. 22 streets in two districts of Kryvyi Rih are affected.   A water flow of 100 cubic metres per second. Was gushing from breaches. And water levels in the Inhulets river. Were rising dangerously.   ‘Gandalf […]

POETS IN BALAKLIYA

In the police station, the Lord’s Prayer was scratched. On the wall of one of the cramped cells. Alongside markings to indicate. How many days had passed.   “Not only did he kill our children. But he killed us, their mothers. These days I’m a dead woman. And I want to address. All mothers of […]

POETS IN BLACKOUTS

‘Mordor’ aims to “deprive people of light and heat”. By causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine. In revenge for an ‘elves’ counter-offensive. ‘Gandalf the Green’ has said.   Blackouts reportedly affected millions of people. In the eastern Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. It comes after Ukraine said it had retaken. Over 3,000 sq km in an […]

A POET NEAR THE DUE DATE

“As human beings. Let her go. She’s a good person. She’s like a little shining sun.”     While serving in Mariupol. A military medic was taken prisoner at the start of April. Who is eight months pregnant. She got married in September 2021.   At the Olenivka prison camp. In the occupied Donetsk region. […]

A POET IN NOVOVOZNESENSKE

Her face lights up as she recalls. The moment of her liberation. When the hated occupiers were forced from her village. Novovoznesenske, in the southern region of Kherson.   She farmed there in peace and quiet. Until ‘orcs’ arrived on 29 March. What they did not destroy, they stole, she says. Including forks and spoons, […]

POETS IN KUPIANSK

‘Elves’ forces have entered. The key eastern town of Kupiansk. As their rapid counter-attack makes. Further gains.   Kupiansk is a vital supply hub. For ‘orcs’ forces in eastern Ukraine. The town fell a week after. February’s invasion.   As well as gaining ground. In the east. Ukraine is also making gains. In the south. […]