For one ‘elves’ military band.
Shchedryk has become.
A song.
To inspire resistance.
They’re even playing.
It in the trenches.
– using weapons.
As improvised instruments.
They may be musicians.
But their commander.
Reminds you that.
They’re soldiers first.
They’re soldiers first.
All have spent time.
On the front line.
On the front line.
For one ‘elves’ military band.
Shchedryk has become.
A song.
To inspire resistance.
They’re even playing.
It in the trenches.
– using weapons.
As improvised instruments.
Colonel, the head of.
The band and its conductor.
Says the song helps.
Lifts soldiers spirits.
“Those beats and rhythms.
Cheer up the guys.
On the front line and.
Inspire them to fight.”
For one ‘elves’ military band.
Shchedryk has become.
A song.
To inspire resistance.
They’re even playing.
It in the trenches.
– using weapons.
As improvised instruments.
A 22-year-old uses.
A rocket launcher casing.
Filled with rice.
To shake vigorously.
In time.
With the music.
Shchedryk, he says, is.
The “pride of our country.”
For one ‘elves’ military band.
Shchedryk has become.
A song.
To inspire resistance.
They’re even playing.
It in the trenches.
– using weapons.
As improvised instruments.
Shchedryk, he says, is.
The “pride of our country.
It’s freedom.
It’s in our souls.”
“I get goosebumps.
From this song”.
“I get goosebumps.
From this song”.
For one ‘elves’ military band.
Shchedryk has become.
A song.
To inspire resistance.
They’re even playing.
It in the trenches.
– using weapons.
As improvised instruments.
Colonel says.
Shchedryk shows.
That Ukraine is.
A civilised nation.
That Ukraine is.
A civilised nation.
Now at war.
Fighting for its identity.
For one ‘elves’ military band.
Shchedryk has become.
A song.
To inspire resistance.
They’re even playing.
It in the trenches.
– using weapons.
As improvised instruments.
*Because I read “The famous Christmas carol inspiring Ukraine’s defenders” by Jonathan Beale on 24 Dec 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, including a story of Colonel Zadorozhnyy and Roman.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
