Author: Kurama

POETS WAITING FOR A HOSTAGE IN ‘MORDOR’

Update Date：05/05/2022
Post Date：04/05/2022

AS A POET

‘Orcs’ torture the land. ‘Orcs’ torture, but he’ll be back to. ‘Orcs’ torture the land. Delivering food and medicine to her and her neighbours. Her son had just arrived. But ‘orcs’ were a few feet away. In the town of Makhariv, west of Kyiv. On her car ‘orcs’ sprayed painting ‘V’ and […]

A POET BACK FROM ‘MORDOR’

Update Date：04/05/2022
Post Date：02/05/2022

AS A POET

‘Orcs’ tortured the land. ‘Orcs’ tortured, but he’s back to. ‘Orcs’ tortured the land. Sitting on a hospital bed in Zaporizhzhya. Over a terrifying journey to ‘Mordor’ and back. With the bandage where his toes used to be. “It still hurts. The wounds are still fresh.” Hiding in a cold, damp […]

POETS IN BUCHA

Post Date：29/04/2022

AS A POET

On a day. On a cold day. On a land. On a snowy land. Keep an eye. Keep an eagle eye. Call a name. Call a dear name. And wait. And wait. And wait. Far away. Answer yet. Answer yet. Answer yet. In Bucha. On a day. On a calm day. On a […]

A POET ON EASTER

Update Date：29/04/2022
Post Date：24/04/2022

AS A POET

Celebrate our Easter, the resurrection of Christ. This year’s. In the struggles of war. Celebrated our Easter, the resurrection of Christ. Last year’s. In the Pandemic at home. Celebrate our Easter, the resurrection of Christ. We show the world, nothing can defeat our Ukraine. *Because I read today’s BBC news (posted on […]

POETS FROM KHERSON

Update Date：25/04/2022
Post Date：23/04/2022

AS A POET

How can I get a gun against my neighborhood? How can I be mobilized by such a command? Now I run for the border. I ran away from Kherson. Now I run for my dear life. I ran away from the terror. How can I get a gun against my neighborhood? How can […]

POETS IN LVIV

Update Date：31/12/2022
Post Date：20/04/2022

AS A POET

This morning shook my home, from whole prospects of peace at hand. This morning struck me, shattering sense of safety at all. This morning pained Lviv, to decide the only move to fight at once. This morning changed land, just before to focus in Donbas. *Because my friend sent me an email to tell […]

A POET IN LUHANSK

Update Date：12/04/2023
Post Date：16/04/2022

AS A POET

For a moment of life, For a moment of death, A poet left already love for home. For a moment of peace, For a moment of fight, A poet left already Lviv for Luhansk. For a moment of smile, For a moment of sigh, A poet left already love for home. *Because […]

POETS IN MARIUPOL

Update Date：06/04/2023
Post Date：14/04/2022

AS A POET

Bleeding. Freeing. Willing. Mariupol. Homeland. Port town. Remain. The only one for me. Bleeding. Freeing. Shielding. Mariupol. Drive a car. Take a train. Over the border. I’ll be back for me. Bleeding. Freeing. Fleeing. Mariupol. Resistant. Prepared town. Theater. Secure for me. Bleeding. Freeing. Squeezed. Mariupol. Azovstal Steel Works. Fortress town. […]

A POET IN CHERNIHIV

Update Date：18/12/2022
Post Date：10/04/2022

AS A POET

For a breath of a poet, a breeze comes round. ’Cause burn clay to bricks, let winds borrow books! Let burst into bloom of words clay round the Library. ’Cause burn clay to bricks, let rains borrow books! Let burst into bloom of words clay round Chernihiv. *Because my friend sent me an email […]

A POET IN BORODYANKA

Update Date：31/12/2022
Post Date：09/04/2022

AS A POET

Aware of a poet? Aware of a poet? A poet of Cossack broods over the land. Not noting a bullet. Not noting a bullet. You see a poet of Cossack in Borodyanka. *Because my friend sent me an email with photos of the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, which showed us […]