#olenajennings
In Focus
“On the seventh day of direct observations”
by Kateryna Kalytko
In this poem by Kateryna Kalytko, at a time of destruction, the Ukrainian poet marvels at the simplicity and the nobility of language.
In Focus
“Child, hold your doll, hold your teddy bear, hold your kitty.”
by Marjana Savka
In this poem, on a train winding through a burnt world towards longed-for shelter, an adult pleads to a desperate child to hold their teddy, to not cry.
Poetry
“Later we will have to reinvent the words”
by Kateryna Kalytko
In this poem by Kateryna Kalytko the Ukrainian poet rediscovers words, naming objects as a means of self-preservation, entering a shelter of language.
