The Russo Ukranian War dates back to 2014, with the invasion of the Crimean peninsula and the Donbas War
which was fought by Pro Russian separatists in the eastern half of Ukraine.
This has been going on for a long time, even before Russia launched it's 2022 offensive on Ukraine, when everyone in the US began to show it's Pro Ukrainian support.
Putin has denied that The Ukraine was ever it's own
country. He has said that the land is not theirs, but was a part of Russia that was given away by Khrushchev and Lenin. It was a part of Russia, in the 18th century, also referred to as in Russian "New Russia".
This Ultranationalism that Russia exercises today
is not good for the future, it's been estimated that
hundreds of thousands have died in this bloody
conquest for land. I don't know if it will end anytime
soon. I doubt it. I don't think a leader like Putin would
do such a thing, seeing how he has turned the Russian Presidency into something like a dictatorship.
Look how he has kept his power and then you will
realize that this war won't be the last of him.
Categories:
russo, power, violence, war,
Form: Prose
Musclan Cesar Cui
part Russo-French was he
A composer& critic voice
Schumann his favoured choice
Categories:
russo, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
A proud country trying to break away
From the old legacy of the mighty Union
And build a modern free nation
Is invaded uninstigated by the powerful neighbor.
In the senseless Russo-Ukraine conflict
The military strengths are unequal
So, Russia planned and thought complacent
It will overrun the country in no time.
But this has not happened yet
For the resolute and patriotic Ukrainians
Have given a strong resistance
For the advance of the Russian army.
The conflict stemming from geopolitics
For the imposition of illogical tutelage
Has caused innocent civilians undeserving agony
Homeless millions flee, parents see children die.
Ominous gunpowder smoke billows in the air
All the birds have disappeared from Kyiv’s sky
World hopes they will fly back with good times
Sense will prevail in the crazy mind, peace will return.
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March 18, 2022
Contest : Kyiv
Sponsored by : Kai Michael Neumann
Categories:
russo, angst, conflict, war,
Form: Free verse
Autumnal Poem (Tanka)
(After a photo by Albert Russo)
This rock in the sea
Looks like a shipwrecked vessel
In October sadness
A ship manned by seagulls
her captain, a tired seal.
Categories:
russo, nature,
Form: Tanka