Ukrainian Poems

Ukrainian election news'

zelensky says that elections will come.'
Yet not till after Jesus, has finished the
Home run.'

Ukrainian Cemeteries

Ukrainian Cemeteries
David J Walker

Strange are the faces of 
The new Ukraine 
Stranger still Mother Russian sons
Leaves of Lilies 
	And dipodies 
Scattered on grounds of repatriation

Peace be unto your 
	Brothers in death
A price purchased 
	With a final breath

As unknown boots 
Above the ground
Unfurl the flags of 
	Silent sound

To claim what’s lost 
An loose what’s found 

In

Ukrainian Poetry Translations 2 by Michael R Burch

Love in Kyiv
by Natalka Bilotserkivets
translation by Michael R. Burch

Love is more terrible in Kyiv
than spectacular Venetian passions,
than butterflies morphing into bright tapers–
winged caterpillars bursting aflame!

Here spring has lit the chestnuts, like candles,
and we have cheap lipstick’s fruity taste,
the daring innocence of miniskirts,
and all these ill-cut coiffures.

And yet images, memories and portents still move us...
all so

Ukrainian Poetry translations by Michael R Burch

Dear God!
by Taras Shevchenko
translation by Michael R. Burch

Dear God, disaster again!
Life was once calm, serene...
But as soon as we began to break the chains
Of bondage that enslaved us,
The whip cracked! The serfs' blood flew!
Now, like ravenous wolves fighting over a bone,
The Imperial thugs are at each other's throats again.


Zapovit ("Testament")
by Taras Shevchenko
translation by Michael R.

ukrainian regrets

There was poetry,
In the open fields,
On the slanted blueberries,
On the skirts of schoolgirls,

There was poetry,
In the sunny cupboards,
In the quiet gardens,
In the sweet air of spring,

There was some poetry
In the caressing hands,
In the chalk of the school,
On the obsolete words,

There was poetry,
In the fruit basket,
On the laughter of the boys,
On the wool of sheep,

There was

Glory To the Ukrainian Freedom Fighters

Glory to the Ukranian Freedom Fighters
 
Democracy and freedom are under attack
Beaurocracy and greed man,
Don’t let this war criminal come back
Putin is lootin’ the streets of Ukraine
His crimes against humanity are bordering on insane
His unprovoked aggression shows the damage in his brain
A corrupt megalomaniac whose only cause is pain
 
Let it rain freedom for Ukranian people!
Let it

Slavic Folk Song

Don't eat the bear 
and the bear won't eat you
Don't stomp on flowers
Don't spit on the dew
If you are a bad person
your life will worsen
But if you are good  
then there's no need for cursin' 
Yoi yoi la la la la yoi yoi la.

The Ukrainian Flag Flies Again In Kherson

The Ukrainian flag flies again in Kherson, it is a joy to see
The Russian army are running scared from Ukraines military
Russia pulled out its army saying it was a tactical move
But against Ukraines valiant army, they have a lot to prove.

Their so called special military operation is now lying in tatters 
Total victory for the

Ukrainian Morning

the dawn brought an eerie silence and scenes of total devastation 






Written on 29th May 2022.

Ukrainian Horror

To hunt with a full stomach
To bite into the neck of the smaller
Without hunger
Fangs clamped to the back of her neck

Her face
Devoured crumpled paper
Spit up
Re-smoothed to creases
Eyes nose mouth map

Her splintered village
Smoldering
Over her shoulder

Shreds of scarves blouses skirts
Blown to the astonished charred limbs
Of her bare front yard tree
As if the widow should believe
The willow was

Souls and Bodies We'Ll Lay Down

“Souls and Bodies We’ll Lay Down”

Ominous clouds have 
Invaded my soul;
Thrust swords into my heart.

Darker than the midnight air.
Stars gone forever more.
Bloodied hands in my dreams.

I dream not of tranquility
But of lightning and thunder
Pain and hunger.

I pray for your peace
Your hope and honor.
For blue skies and golden wheat.

I pray that your Trident,
Strikes the heart of

Ukrainian Sea Shanty

Murderers and rapists they all be
Vlad Putins scumbags, his army
They should all be hung from a tree
For all the world to see. (huh)

(Chorus)
They bombed cities and towns as well
And made the landscape look like hell
The Russians claimed it was only a drill
But it's their excuse to kill.

In close combat Russians can't fight
Despite their superior military

A Ukrainian Mother Cries Out

Picture in your mind, a 70 year old mother and grandmother, hitchhiking from her village into a war shattered town of Bucha, desperately looking for her son's dead body. Wanting to bring his body home for burial.
 She was a heartbroken mother, who refused to leave Ukraine without knowing where her son was. Word had

Ukrainian Spring

We watch from afar. We wring our hands
seeing the treachery of our governments
who do nothing, as if it is 1941 again.

UKRAINIAN SPRING

yellow sun     blue sky
burning sulfur and flint ash
corpses springing up

4/7/2022

Ukrainian Senyru

SCARRED FOR LIFE

children are screaming
they have the thousand mile stare ~
traumatised for life

TEARFUL GOODBYES

at the rail station
dad's hug their wives and children ~
say goodbye with tears

GUTLESS COWARDS

cowardly russians
indiscriminate firing ~
a mound of rubble

MEN AND WOMEN OF HONOUR

proud ukrainians
their bravery unsurpassed ~
russians retreating

HARBINGER OF DOOM

sounds of the cities 
the wail of air raid sirens ~
herald deaths

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