Ukraine Memories My ancestors walked here Among trees heavy with apples, Plums, and cherries Carrying baskets year in and out For canning or asleep on screens To dry for winter’s tastes. My ancestors worked here Along trenches filled with water Pleasure rafts and fish Conjuring new life From deep soils rich In food for theContinue reading “Ukraine Memories. a poem by Lauren Friesen”
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Don’t Look Away. a poem by Michael Schein
Don’t Look Away Putin tracks the value of the ruble a barrel of crude then ruble then crude his thin lips wet with drool. Here is the bread line in Chernihiv, simple human hunger strafed by Putin’s pawns, & the mother of three warming soup for her children when shrapnel tears out her throat. PutinContinue reading “Don’t Look Away. a poem by Michael Schein”
2 poems for Ukraine. by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Skala The village where my mother, her mother, her mother’s mother, were born is no good to me. The house where my mother was born, the thatched house pierced by the branch of a walnut tree: torched in the war. Most of the village was levelled, then—the remains of my mother’s childhood—church, schoolhouse, cemetery—hold outContinue reading “2 poems for Ukraine. by Janice Kulyk Keefer”
3 poems for Ukraine. by Carol Hamilton
Heritages I believe Dostoyevsky never had a grandmother to tell him fabulous tales of the past as did Fuentes, Allende, those of rich heritage. What flashed through his mind awaiting the firing squad’s fake bullets? during his father’s beatings? He lived the past he wrote us, as did Tolstoy. And what will our grandchildren tellContinue reading “3 poems for Ukraine. by Carol Hamilton”
War Crimes. a poem by Lisa Reynolds
WAR CRIMES After discovery of Mass grave of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine (Source: CNN, April 4, 2022) Deny, deny, deny That’s what he does, Tells others to do But bodies are unearthed Bagged, tagged – in daylight No tents, no screens No deception, no deceit War is war is war Crime is crime is crimeContinue reading “War Crimes. a poem by Lisa Reynolds”
2 poems for Ukraine. by Gordon Phinn
The Family Man Wars come and go As do the politicos Who sell them to the public Under pressure from the generals And the bankers beneath them. You keep your sons clear, Steer your daughters to safety As the budgets for destruction Outstrip all their critics. You Learn that life unfolds According to some patternContinue reading “2 poems for Ukraine. by Gordon Phinn”
3 poems for Ukraine. by Adrienne Stevenson
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”
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”
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