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Kurama
(Japan)
POETS IN KREMENCHUK
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.”
“We didn't invade anyone.
We just want to live.”
He has a shrapnel wound, concussion and multiple scratches.
His wife was at home.
Then the explosion struck.
Instantly she tried to call her husband, fearing the worst.
“He picked up his phone.
He said he was in the centre of the fire.”
Her neighbours helped her get to the site of it.
“Everything was black.
And then the neighbours said he was in the hospital.”
They just celebrated their anniversary, and her birthday next week.
One missile hit close.
While the other struck.
The mall in the centre of Kremenchuk.
“We tried to get out.
I helped my wife.
I saw people lying around, some weren't responding.”
“The fire was getting bigger.
I was walking on glass.”
He remembers waking up in the ruins next to his wife.
“I didn't think
this would happen.
There are women and children. It's a safe place.”
One missile hit close.
While the other struck.
The mall in the centre of Kremenchuk.
A steady stream of people.
Coming to light a candle.
Laying flowers, paying their respects to those killed.
A memorial to those.
Next to the building's remains.
Others are waiting to hear of news of those missing.
With tears in her eyes.
She had friends working there.
“My friends there are all young and under 30.”
“My son was meant to be there.
What are ‘orcs’ doing?
We’re going to get killed. I want ‘orcs’ to take responsibility.”
One missile hit close.
While the other struck.
The mall in the centre of Kremenchuk.
Source: https://www.koryu-meets-chess.info/
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
A shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk has been struck by a Russian missile. At least 21 people are known to have been killed. It’s feared the number who died could be higher. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 1,000 people may have been in the complex at the time of the attack although later it was reported that many of them had escaped unharmed.
Kremenchuk strike: 'I didn't think they would hit a mall -— it's a safe place' — BBC News
Ukraine war: Kremenchuk shopping centre attack claims fact-checked — BBC News
Please read more poems by Kurama about 2022 russian invasion of Ukraine:
"Aware of a poet?
Aware of a poet?
A poet of Cossack broods over the land.
Not noting a bullet.
Not noting a bullet.
You see a poet of Cossack in Borodyanka."
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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.