On this video: Books and bomb shelters: Ukraine returns to school.
Kurama
(Japan)
POETS FOREVER MOULDED
“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 a bench outside their apartment block.
In the ‘elves’ capital Kyiv.
“We want a proper future.
For our children.
And that depends on their education.”
His mother tells and continues.
“We want them to have in-person communication.
With their peers.
And not through a screen.
We don't want to be afraid.”
For many families September brings.
Normality, structure, and the chance.
To reconnect with friends.
As the new academic year begins.
Her nine-year-old son has learning difficulties.
She's desperate for him.
To return to the classroom
As he struggles with speech.
He is also finding it hard.
Dealing with the trauma of this invasion.
“He would scream, 'Rockets! Rockets!'”
His mother recalls.
“He still doesn't sleep well.
I shield him by embracing him.
And saying: 'Mommy's with you.
and she'll never leave you.'”
“Many speech therapists left the city.
I don't know what schooling will look like.
And how they will rebuild this school.
But we desperately need these specialists.”
In the Kyiv region, it’s a story of quarters.
While 75% of schools are ready.
To welcome pupils back.
Only 25% want to do so.
On the grounds of Irpin Lyceum #3.
A shallow crater pierces the playground's rubber tarmac.
Shrapnel scars climb the walls.
And almost every window is shattered.
When ‘Mordor’ invaded Ukraine.
On 24 February.
This school found itself on the front line.
As ‘orcs’ forces moved in on Kyiv.
Both invading and defending troops.
Used it as a base.
Which is why it’s thought to have been hit.
With more than 40 shells.
After the ‘elves’ military forced an ‘orc’’s retreat here.
And more than six months without its 2,000 students.
Only two year groups will be returning this term.
The rest will be taught remotely.
“The most important thing is.
For our children to learn.”
A generation forever moulded.
By this attack on their country.
Schools must now have access to nearby bomb shelters that store food and water reserves — BBC News.
Rooms in the school building have been destroyed and are unsafe to use — BBC News.
Source: https://www.koryu-meets-chess.info/
Please read the original story:
Ukraine war: 'I'm more scared of my new teacher than of war' — BBC News
Books and bomb shelters: Ukraine returns to school — 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.