‘Kitty, can you play chess?
Now, don’t smile, my dear,
I’m asking it seriously.
Because, when we were playing just now,
you watched just as if
you understood it:
and when I said “Check!”
you purred!
And here we have.
Winter, winter…
Snow traps everywhere…
Snow traps everywhere…
Well, it was a nice check, Kitty,
and really I might have won,
if it hadn’t been
for that nasty Knight,
It’s difficult to get out.
But we must…
Because we have to work…
Because we have to work…
if it hadn’t been
for that nasty Knight,
that came wriggling down
among my pieces.
Because we have to.
Constantly defend ourselves.
From the accursed.
Insidious enemy…
that came wriggling down
among my pieces.
Kitty, dear,
let’s pretend –’
We will stand firm.
Because we are strong!!!
We will stand firm.
Because we are strong!!!
‘Kitty, can you play chess?
Now, don’t smile, my dear,
I’m asking it seriously.
Because, when we were playing just now,
you watched just as if
you understood it:
and when I said “Check!”
you purred!
*Because I read my friend’s letter for my Birthday!
So, I wrote this poem, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
You should play chess very well, my friend!
And the photo at the head of this page is, of course, yours, my friend!
**Now she creates a new page for my little ‘Alice’ poems on their wonderful website for Ukrainian children and their parents and teachers and all.
Kurama (Japan). «Carroll’s «Alice» and… the war in Ukraine» (poems) – Мала Сторінка
