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: March 2025

VINCENT WON #360

A POET IN A BIND

What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent. What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent.   Then poor Cordelia! And yet no so; since, I am sure, my love’s more richer than my tongue.   Nothing, my lord. Nothing. Nothing, my lord. Nothing.     After last Friday’s. Disastrous meeting. In the Oval Office. […]
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POETS MESSAGED

“We had a nice dinner together. And were planning to. Go to a school. In the morning.”   “We were about to. Go to our rooms. And the message. Of the rocket alarm.”   “Arrived to our friends’. ‘Elves’ phone numbers. ‘Immediately go to the shelter. Ballistic missile is coming’.”     A UK-based aid […]
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A POET PAUSED

Ukraine woke to the news. On Tuesday that. The US was “pausing. And reviewing”.   Its military aid. To the country. After a breakdown. In diplomacy last week.     ‘Gandalf the Green’ said. He was ready to work. Under the US President’s. “Strong leadership”.   To achieve. A lasting peace days. After their explosive. […]
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POETS DEEP IN THE REAR

The HIMARS are. ‘Elves’ best weapons for. These deep strikes targeting. Vulnerable ‘orcs’ training grounds.   But they may fall silent. In the coming months. For want of ammunition. For want of ammunition.     On Saturday. An ‘orcs’ drone took up station. Over an ‘elves’ army. Training base in Cherkas’ke.   Cued by the […]
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POETS PRODUCTIVE

Fanning out across. Western and southern ‘Mordor’. And ‘orcs’-occupied eastern Ukraine. Last night.   ‘Elves’ drones struck. No fewer than five. ‘Orcs’ oil facilities. The ‘elves’ general staff in Kyiv reported.     It was one of the most. Ambitious and potentially damaging. Set of raids. In ‘elves’ 18-month.   —and counting— Campaign of deep […]
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POETS AT CHERKAS’KE

Kyiv can’t afford. To lose troops. In preventable attacks. On their training facilities.   And leaders in Kyiv. Know it. And leaders in Kyiv. Know it.     The mass killing of. Military trainees. Gathered out. In the open.   And within range of. Enemy ballistic missiles. By uncaring commanders. Is an awful tradition.   […]
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POETS RESPONDED

“It is very difficult. To describe in words. What is happening now. In my beloved city without tears.”   “Air raid sirens. More than 10 hours a day. Sometimes you wake up. To a siren.”   “Go to work to a siren. Work and rest to a siren. Sleep to a siren. … and it […]
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POETS DEFYING

It’s not for no reason. That ‘Gandalf the Green’. Had the confidence. To stand up.   To the U.S. President. And the Vice President. During their disastrous Oval Office. Press conference on Friday.   During which both falsely. Accused the wartime leader. Of being ungrateful. For past U.S. aid.   Despite the U.S. President’s insistence. […]
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POETS WITHOUT 12 ANGRY MEN

Lawyers of ‘elves’. Captured by ‘Mordor’. During hostilities. In Ukraine.   Sit in front of. The defendant’s cage. During a hearing. At the Southern District Military Court.   In Rostov-on-Don. ‘Mordor’, Wednesday. 26 March. 2025.     Through the Looking-Glass. And what Alice found there. The chessmen were walking about. Two and two!   Through […]
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POETS STREAKING

Streaking fast. Over the landscape of. Northern Ukraine. Or western ‘Mordor’.   An ‘elves’ warplane. Delivered a literal hammer blow. On an ‘orcs’ outpost. In ‘Mordor’’s Bryansk Oblast.   —and showed a way. Forward for Ukraine. As the U.S. President aligns. The U.S. with ‘Mordor’’s interests.     Critically, both recent. ‘Elves’ raids in Bryansk. […]