Home » Poems » Kharkiv

Kharkiv Poems - Poems about Kharkiv

Banned Book Club -III

...“A Diary of Occupation”
Vakulenko Volodymyr’s last work
    (Banned in Ukraine) eastern part 20%

Diary of Volodymyr Vakulenko — painful and true records that the writer kept from the beginning o...

Categories: kharkiv, bible, books,
Form: Rhyme

We Have To Announce

...next night in the subway to come without sleep
rereading the letter she got yesterday
"We have to announce with regret true and deep ..."

her husband had died on the second of May
she asked her...

Categories: kharkiv, war,
Form: Terzanelle

Thank You, Caring Poets

...For those of you who've written
  of Ukraine's unspeakable woe
My wife* and I, we thank you
  from our heads down to our toes

From those who've lost their homes
  and a dear one, if not two
W...

Categories: kharkiv, appreciation, care, international, thank
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Kharkiv Welcome

...Russian soldier, welcome.
You now stand to discard the rule of logic,
welcome to our home, our oblast.
You are welcome to register at the city hall;
fellow tourists with arms, ready to maim, shoo...

Categories: kharkiv, war,
Form: Free verse

The Piano Player

...Internal Quote by Albert Einstein

  

On the eve of the invasion, the world braced for an upheaval.
Two ancient foes were poised for war, a war between Good and Evil....

Categories: kharkiv, boy, courage, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Keola - Rhyme

...Quote by Albert Einstein

Keola – Rhyme

On the eve of the invasion, the world braced for an upheaval.
Two ancient foes were poised for war, a wa...

Categories: kharkiv, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

A Text From Ukraine - Feb 28, 2022

...87 residential buildings destroyed in Kharkiv last night
  5,000+ displaced renters in the most dire of plights

Yet Putin and Russia they so intensely despise
  Uncommon determination resounds i...

Categories: kharkiv, cry, death, grief, hate,
Form: Couplet

Hope Lies In Her Cry

...My wife Irina's from Ukraine
  Right now her heart is filled with pain
From cries of distant friends who fear
  The End of Days may well be near

I hold her hand as she sheds tears
  as Hope ca...

Categories: kharkiv, cry, fear, god, hope,
Form: Couplet