Archive List for AS A POET

It translates. As “crooked horn”. But ‘Gandalf the Green’ calls. Kryvyi Rih his “big soul and heart”.     ‘Gandalf the Green’ credits. This gritty, industrial city. With moulding. His character.   He grew up. In a sprawling block. Of flats known as. The Anthill.   “I want the war. To end soon.” She lived […]

As he slowly began. To regain consciousness. In his hospital bed. In Kyiv.   He realized. He couldn’t see, speak. Or feel his legs. But he could hear his wife’s voice.     Comforted. He lost consciousness again. It was a pattern. That lasted weeks.   The severely injured ‘elf’ soldier. Would wake up to […]

In a barn near Kupiansk. Around 15 soldiers find. The briefest of pauses. For a Christmas prayer.   The candlelight illuminates. The condensation from their breath. There’s a thin layer of snow. On the frozen soil outside.   With ‘orcs’ drones. Constantly loitering above. Large gatherings. Are dangerous.     A soldier from. The 14th […]

Christmas in Kupiansk. Is a celebration. In name only. Most children have been evacuated.   There is a visceral tension. Which comes with. Living close. To the front line.     As you moved away from the market. An ease in pressure was accompanied. By a realization of how empty. The streets were.   Mostly […]

Within the first hour. Of you arriving. There were two sirens. And incoming artillery fire.   This city Kupiansk was occupied. For six months. And then liberated. Last year.   However as western support. Started to wane. The ‘orcs’ began. Pushing back.     “We all live on the edge. In fear of death.” She […]

‘Orcs’ tortured the land. ‘Orcs’ tortured, but he’s back to. ‘Orcs’ tortured the land.     A police officer in Kherson. Was not able to get away. When the ‘orcs’ invasion began. So he hid.   Then in the summer of 2022. He also disappeared. And his family. Could not find him.   He had […]

‘Orcs’ captured the land. ‘Orcs’ captured, but he’ll be back to. ‘Orcs’ captured the land.     He has been searching for. His brother for nearly two years. His brother is one of thousands. Of ‘elves’ civilians.   Being held in prisons. In ‘Mordor’. And the occupied territories. For opposing the war.   But with […]

While he and others were trying to reach. Their main position in Avdiivka. Six people were left. Behind at Zenith.   Five were wounded and couldn’t walk. Including a paramedic. A sniper. And an anti-tank fighter.   While he and others were trying to reach. Their main position in Avdiivka. Six people were left. Behind […]

The Serebrianskyi forest is alight. At first, it is only a hint on the breeze. The faint smell of wood smoke. Amid the pine trees.   A reference to the battlefields. Of World War One. The sprawling forest lies. To the east of the city of Lyman.     Three men of. The 1st Special […]

Soldiers, of course. Have the advantage. Of armour. Civilians do not.   And around Kupiansk. The city ‘elves’ recaptured last September. ‘Orcs’ guns are again. Shelling people’s homes.     Helping get people to safety is. A volunteer with the charity “I am Saved”. The words are written across his T-shirt. And have a double […]