Archive List for AS A POET

Residents are being urged to evacuate. Because of a risk of flooding. After missiles hit a major reservoir dam. 22 streets in two districts of Kryvyi Rih are affected.   A water flow of 100 cubic metres per second. Was gushing from breaches. And water levels in the Inhulets river. Were rising dangerously.   ‘Gandalf […]

In the police station, the Lord’s Prayer was scratched. On the wall of one of the cramped cells. Alongside markings to indicate. How many days had passed.   “Not only did he kill our children. But he killed us, their mothers. These days I’m a dead woman. And I want to address. All mothers of […]

‘Mordor’ aims to “deprive people of light and heat”. By causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine. In revenge for an ‘elves’ counter-offensive. ‘Gandalf the Green’ has said.   Blackouts reportedly affected millions of people. In the eastern Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. It comes after Ukraine said it had retaken. Over 3,000 sq km in an […]

“As human beings. Let her go. She’s a good person. She’s like a little shining sun.”     While serving in Mariupol. A military medic was taken prisoner at the start of April. Who is eight months pregnant. She got married in September 2021.   At the Olenivka prison camp. In the occupied Donetsk region. […]

Her face lights up as she recalls. The moment of her liberation. When the hated occupiers were forced from her village. Novovoznesenske, in the southern region of Kherson.   She farmed there in peace and quiet. Until ‘orcs’ arrived on 29 March. What they did not destroy, they stole, she says. Including forks and spoons, […]

‘Elves’ forces have entered. The key eastern town of Kupiansk. As their rapid counter-attack makes. Further gains.   Kupiansk is a vital supply hub. For ‘orcs’ forces in eastern Ukraine. The town fell a week after. February’s invasion.   As well as gaining ground. In the east. Ukraine is also making gains. In the south. […]

‘Elves’ soldiers on Sunday. Raising the ‘elves’ flag over Vysokopillya. “Vysokopillya, Kherson Region. Ukraine. Today.” Which had nearly 4,000 residents before the war.   The ‘orcs’ occupation authorities. In Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson. Have postponed a so-called referendum. On joining ‘Mordor’, on security grounds.   Heavy ‘elves’ shelling had made. A key Kherson bridge […]

“Our kids keep asking. Why their schools have been dressed. With a flag of another state. What can I say…”     In ‘orcs’-controlled Melitopol. Her 13-year-old child is getting ready. To begin the 8th grade. She is worried.   “What really bothers me is. What they’ll be taught in history. It will be taught […]

“The most important thing is. For our children to learn.” A generation forever moulded. By this attack on their country.     “I’m more scared of the fact. I’ll have a new teacher. Than of the war.” He says with a smile.   The 11-year-old is sitting. With his parents and his eight-year-old sister. On […]

Let’s celebrate your return to the classroom. For the new school year on 1 September. The nation’s children are also taking important steps. Today is Knowledge Day.   Let’s celebrate your return to the classroom. Even if it has felt very different for you. ‘Gandalf the Green’ attends a ceremony in Irpin. Today is Knowledge […]