Year: 2025

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 statue of Pokrovsk’s. Famous composer. Mykola Leontovych. Has already been removed.   The music school. That bore his name. Now lies boarded up. And empty.   Leontovych may not be. Well known in the West. But the tune. He composed is familiar.   But the tune. He composed is familiar. Around the world. – […]

Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Is the birthplace of one of. The world’s favourite carols. The Carol of the Bells.   But there are few. Signs of Christmas. In the city. This year.     Most of Pokrovsk’s population. Has already fled. The gas supply’s. Been turned off.   And many homes. Are without. Electricity. And […]

Blazing flames on the edge. Without an alert. The sun keeps going. The sun of Kyiv is going.     *Because my friend sent to me a photo with a comment “the Kyiv’s sunset”. So, I wrote this poem. Thank you, my friend. And this page’s image is a snap shot after the stage played […]

Going up to the roof. Looking up to the sky. Anyone knows nothing. About what is going on.   Looking over the city. Looking forward to see you. One thing is certain. I am here.     *Because my friend in Ukraine just sent to me a photo with a common greeting on New Year’s […]