Sisters, 1906 inspired by the painting “Carousel”, by Olexandr Murashko (Ukraine) 1906 the day before our trip to Odesa that day of endings and beginnings my sister and I went to the fair dressed in our best shawls long skirts flowing over backs of wooden steeds, the carousel would remain when we had left butContinue reading “3 poems for Ukraine. by Adrienne Stevenson”
Author Archives: darcie friesen hossack
What Will Be Remembered. a poem by The Reverend Ngwa Hosea Ambe Nchesi
What Will Be Remembered Sow the seeds that will sprout And grow into fruit-breaking trees While you’re alive. For your works will define you When this candle is put off. For when you’re gone And in that little box lie In that lonely corner of the world Your own little portion Of the earth beneath,Continue reading “What Will Be Remembered. a poem by The Reverend Ngwa Hosea Ambe Nchesi”
In the Slips. a poem by Pratibha Castle
In the Slips While the world watches Violetta, clad in years the measure of a week, journeys from Odessa with her doll and cat and a Grandma her face a crumpled map of lifetime drills framed by a scarf the color of losing urges a boy soldier put this flower in your pocket hopes hisContinue reading “In the Slips. a poem by Pratibha Castle”
a poem for Ukraine by Reinhold Stipsits
Spring paints without brush Leaf buds blossom heart shaped What a great lover A Robin redbreast In a flutter of spirits Proudly presents hope The Ides of March Only cowslip bells ringing Lay down your weapons Return to Journal Austrian, born in Lower Austria, Reinhold Stipsits spent most of his academic career as professor for social pedagogicsContinue reading “a poem for Ukraine by Reinhold Stipsits”
Lament for Mariupol. a poem by Jack J. B. Hutchens
Lament for Mariupol It is impossible to get lost in flattened ruins as grainy char will always point you towards hell, and tall buildings wavering in the hazy Slavic evening no longer obstruct violent red horizons. This long-forgotten place, squeezed between the wide European plain and the cold deep of the Azov Sea, is nowContinue reading “Lament for Mariupol. a poem by Jack J. B. Hutchens”
3 poems for Ukraine. by Katia Kapovich
Chronicles of this war In February the world became silent like a mouse, you open a comp to see a falling house, an old man embracing what is left, a puppy, while in the background burns a flying canopy that somehow flew through the broken window glass. So the old man takes an empty bottle,Continue reading “3 poems for Ukraine. by Katia Kapovich”
Ancestral Home. a poem by Olga Stein
Ancestral Home My mother’s and my father’s parents, babushki, dedushki, cousins galore were born in Ukraine, in towns and cities, whose names make up familial lore. Odessa, Zhytomyr, Kyiv — known to me places comprise a timeline, whole lines of descent that emanate from memories, where half-familiar faces return and sweeten them like a belovedContinue reading “Ancestral Home. a poem by Olga Stein”
Another thing about a war. a poem by Nina Kossman
Another thing about a war Another thing about a war (besides the thing we all know, the one about killing) is that, once it begins, you have no right to talk about small things, such as koalas, trees, melting ice, poems, and paintings, which, when you think about it, are worth talking about more thanContinue reading “Another thing about a war. a poem by Nina Kossman”
The ‘Jaws’ of Victory. non-fiction by Maxim Matusevich
The ‘Jaws’ of Victory That spring of 1988 was a spring like no other. At the end of March, the elderly Minister of Defense issued his bi-annual decommissioning order. It was published in all the major newspapers — a small and inconspicuous looking item at the bottom of the back page of the Izvestia orContinue reading “The ‘Jaws’ of Victory. non-fiction by Maxim Matusevich”
Letter from the editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack
Even as we present this, our Pandemic Issue, the attention of WordCity Literary Journal’s editors is very much turned towards Ukraine. Our hearts are with her people and her president, united in hope for peace, freedom and continued democracy. Our May 2022 issue, featuring a human rights theme, will be presented in honour of Ukraine.Continue reading “Letter from the editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack”
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