Kurama (Japan). «Poets alongside a warning» — a poem about the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022
"How to be a good partisan.
“Be grumpy,” is one suggestion.
A faceless, hooded figure alongside a warning:
“Kherson: The partisans see everything.”
At the mouth of the Dnipro River.
On the Black Sea coast.
Kherson found itself occupied.
With barely a shot being fired..."(Kurama)
"As many as 700,000 men.
May have left ‘Mordor’.
Since ‘the One’ announced a mobilisation.
Of at least 300,000 extra troops.
On 21 September.
While most men have fled over land.
To neighbouring Kazakhsta.
Georgia and Finland.
As well as other European countries.
The arrivals in couples in Alaska mark a first.
Many ‘orcs’ were able to accept that.
Even support it..."(Kurama)
"For now, the sound of birdsong.
And the occasional bark of a dog.
Masks what has happened.
To this small community of Komyshuvakha.
As you drive south.
Towards the front line from Zaporizhzhia city.
The roads seem to empty.
Fewer people walk along the roadside..."(Kurama)
“Many ‘elves’ who remain.
Behind the ‘orcs’ front line.
In the occupied territories.
Are anxiously waiting for this counter-offensive.
“We're euphoric.
When Ukraine hits the occupied territories.”
A resident of Melitopol in the south says.
“It means that Ukraine has not forgotten us.”...”(Kurama)
"...Болить усім... Це так знайомо.
Йде боротьба за незалежність
В нашій історії не вперше.
Та ворогам не подолати
Народ, що вміє об'єднатись
Й зуміє знищити вражину,
Була щоб вільною країна!.."(Тетяна Строкач)
Вікторія Весна. Вірші про війну
"А я пеку солодощі в надії,
Що все повернеться на колії свої.
Що буде мир, здійсняться чиїсь мрії,
Додому прилетять наші птахи.
Пеку солодощі, бо вірю в перемогу,
У світ, де кожний досягне мети;
Де кожен знайде знов свою дорогу…
Без віри зараз важко у житті..."(Вікторія Весна)
Kurama (Japan). «Poets in a convoy» — a poem about the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (video)
"The attack comes as ‘the One’ is preparing for.
A signing ceremony in ‘Mordor’ to annex Zaporizhzhia.
Along with Ukraine's Donetsk.
Luhansk and Kherson regions.
At least 30 people have been killed.
And almost 100 more injured.
In an ‘orcs’ rocket strike.
On a civilian convoy..."(Kurama)
““What should I do?
For my brother?”
His life was spent saving others.
She wailed.
His body lay where he fell.
Alone.
Flat on his back.
Under a weak September sun...”(Kurama)
““We can professionally.
Control the ‘Ring’.
But we are helpless in the face.
Of people's irresponsibility and madness.”
On Independence Day.
On that Wednesday.
An extensive fire burning.
In the immediate vicinity of the ‘Ring’ in Zaporizhzhia...”(Kurama)
"Over a hundred people live.
In the village of Velyki Prohody.
The inscription on the gate says.
“People live here”..."(Kurama)
"Я єсть народ,
якого Правди сила!
Ніким звойована ще не була.
Яка біда мене, яка чума косила!
— а сила знову розцвіла.
Щоб жить — ні в кого права не питаюсь.
Щоб жить — я всі кайдани розірву.
Я стверджуюсь, я утверждаюсь, бо я живу..."(Павло Тичина)
"Збираю себе по краплинах,
Збираю себе по камінчиках,
Збираю себе по хмаринах,
Вплітаючи сонце у вінчики.
Збираю себе по пелюстках
У цілісну літа квітку,
Збираю себе по пір'їнах,
По клекотах в небі лебідки..."(Марія Дем'янюк)
"This broken city is just beginning.
To tell its stories.
And reveal how many victims.
‘Orcs’ left behind.
The occupiers had a menu of abuses.
For those held in the dank basement cells.
Of a makeshift ‘orcs’ prison in Izyum.
There was more than one type of torture..."(Kurama)
"Сохне на сонці білизна, молоточок стукає,
Мир та спокій у дворі,
Бджілка над квітами літає,
Голуби воркують у дворі.
Який же «статус» треба мати,
Щоб мирний план цей зруйнувати?
Хто ти? «Бог» чи «цар»? Може, звірина?
Скоріше — нелюд зі звірячою личиною!.."(Вероніка Кремінна)
"The exhumation was conducted mostly in silence.
As police and prosecutors looked on.
One officer put his head in his hands.
Another walked away.
Emergency workers wore blue plastic coverings.
In a pine forest at the edge of Izyum.
The stench of death filled the air.
As a mass exhumation got under way..."(Kurama)
"On Monday ‘Gandalf the Green’ raised the ‘elves’ flag.
In the recently-liberated city of Izyum.
The closer you get to Izyum.
The more evidence there is of ‘orcs’ rapid retreat.
‘Elves’ soldiers are grouped.
By the roadside near the city.
Inspecting the spoils of war.
With broad smiles..."(Kurama)
"Dear God, calamity again! ...
It was so peaceful, so serene.
He resolved to stand on the frontline.
Though he lived for the stage.
We but began to break the chains.
That bind our folk in slavery...
He exchanged his costume.
For a grenade launcher..."(Kurama)
Kurama (Japan). «Poets in Kryvyi Rih» — a poem about the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (video)
"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..."(Kurama)
"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 the world: rebel against that assassin.”..."(Kurama)
Kurama (Japan). «Poets in blackouts» — a poem about the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022
"‘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 eastern counter-offensive..."(Kurama)
