It was at 08:55.
On Tuesday.
That people observed.
A 10-minute silence.
That people in Kyiv.
And throughout Ukraine.
Observed a10-minute silence.
For Defenders Day.
Six people have been killed.
In a local market area.
In the southern ‘elves’ city.
Of Kherson.
According to.
Regional authorities.
The ‘orcs’ shelling happened.
At around 09:00.
That was just as people.
Across Ukraine.
Had stopped to remember.
Their war dead.
“Defenders Day”.
Is held annually.
In honour of.
The armed forces.
The shelling near.
A local market.
And bus stop.
Was probably.
From ‘orcs’ “barrel artillery”.
According to the region’s.
Prosecutor’s office.
One image.
From local media.
Showed a body lying.
On the pavement.
By boxes of fruit.
That was just as people.
Across Ukraine.
Had stopped to remember.
Their war dead.
“Defenders Day”.
Is held annually.
In honour of.
The armed forces.
Initial reports said seven.
Had died doctors were able to.
Save one person who.
Had been “considered dead”.
That was just as people.
Across Ukraine.
Had stopped to remember.
Their war dead.
“Defenders Day”.
Is held annually.
In honour of.
The armed forces.
Kherson was occupied.
By ‘orcs’ troops shortly.
After ‘Mordor’ launched.
Its full-scale invasion.
Of Ukraine.
In February 2022.
And was liberated.
By Ukraine in November.
It still lies extremely close.
To the frontline with.
Fierce fighting on the other side.
Of the Dnipro River.
That was just as people.
Across Ukraine.
Had stopped to remember.
Their war dead.
“Defenders Day”.
Is held annually.
In honour of.
The armed forces.
Six people have been killed.
In a local market area.
In the southern ‘elves’ city.
Of Kherson.
According to.
Regional authorities.
The ‘orcs’ shelling happened.
At around 09:00.
It was at 08:55.
On Tuesday.
That people observed.
A 10-minute silence.
That people in Kyiv.
And throughout Ukraine.
Observed a10-minute silence.
For Defenders Day.
*Because I read “Six dead in market attack as Ukraine remembers war dead” by Jessica Parker on 1 Oct 2024, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Six dead in market attack as Ukraine remembers war dead (bbc.com)
**My friend kindly shows you this poem in one page of the Ukrainian website for their children and others!
Please join them! You can read my 44 poems here at once.
