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.

Year: 2025

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POETS SLAMMING

‘Orcs’ turtle tanks. May look ridiculous. With their layers of. Crude add-on armor.   —sheet metal. Grills and even. Logs sometimes— But that doesn’t mean.   But that doesn’t mean. They don’t work. But that doesn’t mean. They don’t work.   All that extra protection. Might make the up-armored vehicles. Slow and difficult. To steer. […]
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A POET REACTING

It comes after. ‘Gandalf the Green’ suggested. Ukraine would be prepared. To swap land.   Ukraine would be prepared. To swap land. With ‘Mordor’. In potential peace negotiations.     One person has been killed. And four injured. In an ‘orcs’ missile attack. On ‘elves’ capital overnight.   Kyiv’s mayor said. A nine-year-old girl. Was […]
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POETS WREAKING

‘Elves’ drone and. Missile strikes. Targeting ‘orcs’. Oil refineries.   Targeting ‘orcs’. Oil refineries. Storage tanks and. Pipeline pumping station.   Wreaked havoc on ‘Mordor’’s. Most important industry. Last month. Temporarily depressing.   ‘Orcs’ petroleum. Product production. By as much as. A tenth.     Refineries can be repaired. Of course. But not when. They […]
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A POET IN BERYSLAV

‘Orcs’ drones and artillery. Routinely target. ‘Elves’ civilians. In Kherson.   Blowing them up. As they walk. To work or. The market.     The most recent killing. Was typical. On Monday night. An ‘orcs’ drone.   Bombed a man. In Beryslav. 30 miles east. Of Kherson city.   “He died. On the spot. From […]
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POETS IN OLESHKY

There’s no use. Hiding from enemy drones. If the drones watch you. Scurry into your hiding spot.   On or just before Monday. A squad of around. A dozen ‘orcs’ infantry. Marched into a road.   Underpass they’d transformed. Into an underground base. In Oleshky. In southern ‘elves’ Kherson Oblast.   The underpass base. With […]
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POETS AT A CRITICAL MOMENT

The first handful of. Ex-French Dassault Mirage. 2000-5 fighters. Have arrived in Ukraine.     As widely expected. French contractors. Reportedly modified. The supersonic, single-seat jets.   To carry the SCALP-EG. Cruise missiles. France is also providing. To Ukraine.   The jets’ arrival. Expands the ‘elves’ air force’s. Deep strike capability. At a critical moment. […]
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A POET WALKING

An ‘elf’ soldier. Who nearly died. After being injured. In an ‘orcs’ shell attack.   Has travelled to Kent. For treatment. The elves military allowed him. To fly to the UK in January.     He now walks. His eight-year-old daughter. To school. Every morning.     He is now. Living in Kent. With his […]
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A POET MARKED

A British medic. Who lost his leg and arm. In a suspected drone attack. While volunteering in Ukraine.   He feels “lucky”. Despite his injuries. He feels “lucky”. Despite his injuries.     “I have a life here. And if that means. It costs me. An arm and a leg.”   “It costs me. An […]
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POETS PROBING

Two days after. ‘Elves’ mechanized forces. Counterattacked. In ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.   Taking advantage of. An “operational pause”. By ‘orcs’ and. North Korean troops.   In the oblast. The leading ‘elves’ elements. Are clinging to. New positions.   Around the village. Of Fanaseevka. Three miles east of. Their original lines.     In the third […]
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POETS ONGOING

For the first day. In many weeks. The ‘elves’ salient in Kursk. Has gotten bigger, not smaller.     In August. A strong ‘elves’ force. Eventually numbering. Around 20,000 troops.   Invaded Kursk Oblast. In western ‘Mordor’. Aiming to draw. ‘Orcs’ forces.   Away from the front line. In eastern Ukraine. Away from the front […]