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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.

Archive List for AS A POET

A POET AT A MARKET

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 […]

A POET RELEASED

‘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 […]

A POET SEARCHING FOR

‘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 […]

POETS IN ZENITH

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 […]

POETS IN THE SEREBRIANSKYI FOREST

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 […]

POETS SHELLED AGAIN

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 […]

POETS ON PLATFORM 5

“Everything will be fine.” “Everything will be fine.” You realise they are more than. Simply words to this family.   “Everything will be fine.” “Everything will be fine.” They are an enduring act of faith. The war has not destroyed.     The children are struggling to sleep. For at least the last week. The […]

A POET IN PAVLO-MARIANIVKA

“We have to be strong. We have to live. We will make it. We are good people.”   “Who deserve to live in. A peaceful and flourishing Ukraine.” “Who deserve to live in. A peaceful and flourishing Ukraine.”     He shows you round the ruins of his home. In the village of Pavlo-Marianivka. “Here […]

A POET IN AFANASIIVKA

“We will make it, rest assured.” Her dairy farm in Afanasiivka. Was engulfed by water. After the Kakhovka dam burst in June.     When she heard about the dam collapse. She knew it was only a matter of time. Before her village, Afanasiivka. Would be flooded.   In the end it took two days. […]

POETS FROM KOSTYANTYNIVKA

The sound of someone playing the recorder. Floats down the corridor. As a 10-year-old sits in front of. A laptop in what was once a classroom.   Appropriately enough. She is doing an online lesson. With the school. She can no longer physically attend.   She came here, in an old school. With her mother […]