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.

Month: June 2024

WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS FROM A “MOONSCAPE”

He could find. Himself back at. ‘Elves’ “hellish” river. Crossing in the south.   A thin strip of land. A “moonscape”. If he survives. Defending the Kharkiv region.     For months. He has been fighting. To hold a thin strip of land. Surrounded by ‘orcs’ forces.   Now he’s been rushed. To defend ‘orcs’ […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS DEFEATING

The unit had no choice but. To withdraw from the battlefield. 83rd Brigade – bye bye. 83rd Brigade – bye bye.     ‘Orcs’ Victory Day offensive. Across ‘elves’ northern border. With ‘Mordor’ may. Have aimed to capture.   A wide, deep swathe of territory. To bring heavy artillery. Closer to the city of Kharkiv. […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS BY CHOICE

“Then we would see. People searching for guns. And queuing at. Enlistment centres again.”     On the outskirts of Odesa. He appeared sheepishly. At the door of. His apartment block.   Using his seven-year-old. Daughter as a shield. The IT engineer will not. Leave the house without her.   As he knows the officers. […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS AT AN ENLISTMENT CENTRE

On a Tuesday morning. A dozen conscription officers. Descended on Odesa’s. Main train station.     Led by a seasoned. Veteran sailor. And his younge. More muscular counterpart.   They paced the forecourt. Stopping men of serving age. To check they were registered. On the database.   But the well-mannered pair. Had a tough time. […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS AT A WEDDING

Dark storm clouds. Threatened to. Upend a couple’s. Beach wedding.   But as the couple walked down. The long white staircase. To greet their guests. The empty chairs signalled.     Overlooking the Black Sea. In the southern city of Odesa. She quietly murmured that. She understood why.   Her friends and family. Did not […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS IN TERNY

In early April. An ‘orcs’ assault group. Attacked positions. Held by the ‘elves’.   12th Azov Brigade. Outside Terny. Just west of Kreminna. In eastern Ukraine.   The assault ended. In the usual way. Blasted by mines and. Harried by ‘elves’ FPV drones.   The ‘orcs’ survivors. Abandoned their vehicles. And fled back toward. Their […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS ELIMINATING IN KALININA

Shortly after finally. Capturing the ruins of Avdiivka. Following a bloody, five-month battle. That culminated in February.   ‘Orcs’ forces in eastern. Ukraine’s Donbas region. Took aim at another. Eastern prize:     In fact, one of those. Enveloping positions was. In Kalinina. And ‘elves’ counterattacks eliminated it.     The industrial town. Of Chasiv […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

A POET AT A SCENE

The damage is as colossal. As the cathedral itself. There is no doubt this was. A direct hit from a missile.   The archdeacon of the cathedral. Said he was the first person. To arrive at the scene. “The destruction is enormous;”   The cracks along its walls represent. The strain Odesa has found. Itself […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS IN SERHIYIVKA

The ‘orcs’ missiles hit. Several targets in Serhiyivka. Including this residential building. At about 01:00 on Friday.   At least 21 people. Including one child. Have died in overnight. ‘Orcs’ missile strikes on Odesa.   16 people were killed. In a nine-storey building. Hit by one missile. In the village of Serhiyivka.   Another five […]
WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

POETS DISCOVERING

Soldiers have made. An unexpected discovery. During fortification work. In Odesa.   A number of amphorae. Ancient vessels. Used to transport liquid. During fortification work.   The amphorae were made between. The fourth and fifth century BC. The soldiers handed. The amphorae to staff.   At the Odessa Archaeological Museum. Who have promised. To add […]