Публікації за тегом: Україна (Ukraine)

"It was a beautiful sunny day.
And she was smiling.
Pushing her pink chair.
In front of her.
Her pink pushchair lies on its side.
Smeared with blood on a strip of grass.
Outside the ruins of the Jubilee building.
On 14 July..."

(Kurama)

 

"On the corner of Yablonska Street.
He was a welder who lived a quiet life.
His wife stands outside their destroyed home.
“I wish ‘orcs’ had killed me too.”
On the corner of Yablonska Street.
Her father stands in their destroyed home.
“I felt empty when they killed him.
I only wanted to die.”
On the corner of Yablonska Street..."

(Kurama)

 

"Taxi driver and father of four.
He is the sole survivor in Bucha.
In the early hours of 24 February.
He was driving his taxi in Kyiv and heard explosions.
He struggled to believe it was actually happening.
His first thought that morning was to get the family's IDs.
If they were going to have to flee, they needed passports.
He quickly drove the 40km towards Brovary where they lived..."

(Kurama)

 

 

"дні
початі з азів
по азимутах 
проритих війною
дихають Азовом сталлю
ніби болю
не знають
не знатимуть
по зову серця 
як заклик віків
тримаючи віру
під ангельський спів..."

(Галина Мирослава)

 

«Надія є», «Ночі спокійної», «Дивний сад» — пісні на слова поетеси Тетяни Строкач, музику до яких написала неймовірна херсонська композиторка Ольга Тимошенко. Слухаймо, читаймо!

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Івасик дуже, ні — дужезно, хотів навчитись читати якнайшвидше. Він наполегливо вчив з мамою від букви до букви українську абетку, а як тільки азбука була подолана, Івась з задоволенням погодився на мамину пропозицію читати по складах, розшукуючи назви міст, у яких є заданий склад. 1 червня, у щорічний День захисту дітей, Іванчик від самісінького ранку мав гарний-прегарний настрій. І, сповнений наснаги, відразу після сніданку витягнув з шухляди вчетверо складену карту України, на якій були позначені всі міста й містечка, розклав і почав шукати українські міста, які б мали у собі склад ''чер''. То правда, що не завжди Іванкові пошуки завершувались успішно, проте цього разу хлопчикові таланило. Першим містом, яке він віднайшов на карті, виявився Чернігів. Мама, що  сиділа поруч, пожвавилась, коли синочок показав пальчиком продруковану назву..." (Галина Мирослава)

 

"Вiйна знецiнила життя,
I душi вщент заполоняють
Безмежний простiр в небесах,
А ïх з землi iще гукають,
Хоч скрiзь ненависть, бiль та страх."

(Юлiя Дмитренко-Деспоташвiлi)

 

 

 

"...I’m waiting for you to hear your voice.
I’m praying for you to read your words.
What a long long long silence is passing and passing at home.
Wherever you go now, I’m calling your name, my dear son.
Where do you go now? My hair is turning whiter, my dear son.
Wherever you stand now, I’m calling your name, my dear son.
Where do you stand now? My hair is turning whiter, my dear son."

(Kurama)

 

"Be patient. Be patient. 
Too much patient but not enough to see you.
Be patient. Be patient. 
On my way from home to where you have a few days.
Be patient. Be patient. 
Too much patient but not enough to call you.
Be patient. Be patient.
On my way through half of Ukraine by bus..."

(Kurama)

 

"A few residents are trying to survive.
Among the ruins in Saltivka.
Shaking her head. A tear still under her eye.
“How many have been killed now?”
“And just boys, 18 years old.
They had only just begun to live.”
The frontline was less than 10 miles away.
There are fears that ‘orcs’ troops might return to Kharkiv.
A few residents are trying to survive.
Among the ruins in Saltivka..."

(Kurama)

 

"He is a sailor from Mariupol.
On the morning of the invasion.
His brother-in-law's family fled
their home for the port city.
Half an hour after they arrived.
The first explosions the family heard far.
Before even finishing their tea,
they decided to leave Mariupol and escape..."

(Kurama)

 

 

"One missile hit close.
While the other struck.
The mall in the centre of Kremenchuk.
“We were working.”
At 16:00 on Monday.
“We thought we were far away from the frontier.”..."

(Kurama)

 

 

 

"‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but she’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Gandalf the Green’ announced her release from ‘Mordor’.
“I’m grateful to everyone who worked for this result. Tayra is already home.”
“I know that everything will work out and we’ll all be home as I’m now.”
Tayra thanked ‘Gandalf the Green’ for his efforts to get her released.
Tayra and her driver were taken prisoner by ‘orcs’ on March 16.
The same day an ‘orcs’ airstrike hit a theater, killing around 600 people..."

(Kurama)

 

"He lights two candles.
One is for his daughter.
The other is for her daughter.
Both were killed by an ‘orcs’ shell in Mariupol.
Every day in Vinnytsia.
At the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral.
Stunningly ornate.
‘My dear girls, time will come when we meet.’"

(Kurama)

 

““In Lysychansk, if you are alive.
It’s a good day,” now almost in ‘orcs’ hands.
Leaving nothing but scorched earth.
‘Mordor’ is erasing history.
Some still trying to get out of their homes.
Rushing to board an armoured truck.
Scattering and ducking for cover.
At the sound of another shell...”
 
(Kurama)

 

"Мій хрест горить. Він на тотемі.
Він в попіл ладен. Лиш би край.
Усім болить.
Усім, хто в темі. Усім, хто здатен.
І нехай."

(Христина Стець)

 

 

 

"The true extent of the horror is hard to uncover.
The true existence of the hellhole is hard to uncover.
Telliing as her eyes water.
She fled Mariupol just two weeks ago.
With the help of her daughter..."

(Kurama)

 

 

 

 

"Irpin is on the doorstep of Kyiv.
A haven for families before the war.
In a red coat for four weeks.
In a street of the leafy town.
Lying where she’d been trampled once.
Under the wheels of ‘orcs’ armoured vehicles.
In a red coat for four weeks.
Not once but over and over again..."

(Kurama)

 

 

"For the passion to the skies.
The Sviatohirsk Lavra ablaze.
A wooden monastery.
All Saints Monastery.
Prayers engulfed.
Upon Holy Hill..."

(Kurama)

 

 

 

"‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but she’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
From her native Mariupol almost to ‘Mordor’.
She miraculously returned to Kyiv through ‘Gandalf the Green’.
She smiles and doesn’t let go of her grandpa.
So that no one would kidnap her anymore.
The most precious thing with her is her dad’s mobile phone.
This is the only thing she has left from her dad..."

(Kurama)