
«A Frozen Scene Outside Kyiv» (1908). Painting by Abraham Manievich.
Bilingual tanka (5-7-5-7-7 syllables) in English and Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock in response to artwork from Ukraine.
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he's busy today
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«Angel of Death». Painting by Oleksa Novakivskyi (1923).
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to whom shall we turn
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Portrait of Vladimir Lenin by Mykhailo Boychuk (1919).
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war is everywhere
cogadh i ngach ball |
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«Killed Horse». Painting by Mykola Samokysh (1915).
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the men gone to war |
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«Peasant Women in a Church». Painting by Kazimir Malevich (1912).
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have they lost their voice?
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«Flower Sellers». Painting by Oleksandr Murashko (1917).
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sun dies again
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«Sunset». Painting by Volodymyr Orlovsky (1896).
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the trees of the night
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«In the Crimea». Painting by Arkhyp Kuindzhi (1905).
Source: https://www.culturematters.org.uk/
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Gabriel Rosenstock — poet, tankaist, haikuist, novelist, essayist, playwright, author/translator of over 180 books, mostly in Irish (Gaelic). Rosenstock is one of the foremost poets in Ireland in both English and Irish. He also writes haikus and he works as translator and as assistant editor for an Irish-language publishing house. He writes primarily in Irish and is the author or translator into Irish of over one hundred books. He is member of several literary societies and organisations, such as the Innti group and Aosdána.

Gabriel Rosenstock — poet, tankaist, haikuist, novelist, essayist, playwright, author/translator of over 180 books, mostly in Irish (Gaelic). Rosenstock is one of the foremost poets in Ireland in both English and Irish. He also writes haikus and he works as translator and as assistant editor for an Irish-language publishing house. He writes primarily in Irish and is the author or translator into Irish of over one hundred books. He is member of several literary societies and organisations, such as the Innti group and Aosdána.
Думки українських поетів про рідну країну, їхні відчуття до української землі і нашого народу — все це юні читачі зможуть знайти в представленій добірці віршів про Україну від Ганни Черінь, Юрка Шкрумеляка, Наталки Талиманчук, Іванни Савицької, Уляни Кравченко, Яни Яковенко, Василя Симоненка, Івана Франка, Володимира Сосюри, Катерини Перелісної, Богдана-Ігоря Антонича, Марійки Підгірянки, Миколи Чернявського, Володимира Сіренка, Іванни Блажкевич, Грицька Бойка, Миколи Вінграновського, Платона Воронька, Наталі Забіли, Анатолія Камінчука, Анатолія Качана, Володимира Коломійця, Тамари Коломієць, Ліни Костенко, Андрія Малишка, Андрія М’ястківського, Івана Неходи, Бориса Олійника, Дмитра Павличка, Максима Рильського, Вадима Скомаровського, Сосюра Володимир, Павла Тичини, Петра Осадчука, Варвари Гринько та інших відомих українських поетів.