#Ukrainian Poet

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Maksym dedicated one of his last poems to this cat. Cat was killed along with Maksym. He was a special person. Only 33. Warrior of Light.

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My Ginger Tabby

When he falls asleep slowly stretches its front legs he dreams of summer dreams of an unscathed brick house dreams of chickens running around the yard dreams of children who treat him to meat pies my helmet slips out of my hands falls on the mud the cat wakes up squints his eyes looks around carefully: yes, they’re his people: and falls asleep again.

(excerpt translated by Christine Chraibi)

Editor’s note: Maksym Kryvtsov, a Ukrainian poet turned soldier, was recently killed by Russia forces at the front. His voice, preserved in this 2023 interview,  continues to resonate. His poetic sensibilities and humor,  interwoven with his experiences on the front lines, offer a rare, and deeply human glimpse into realities of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and the enduring power of the Revolution of Dignity. 

#Warrior of Light #Maksym Kryvtsov #Ukrainian poet #R.I.P #poem #poetry #stories #war in Ukraine

[mikhail-sytnyk-fonds]

Translation by Maria Petina.

Kind of heart

I am not Esenin, not Susura Not Lermontov or Fet. I am just, by my nature A dear, no name poet.

To love, I know how to in my own ways, I don’t learn this from others I laugh, I miss and I hurt And often cry without any reasons

I am not kidding, But maybe I am lying, And maybe this love is not worth it Nor worth that I’m writing to you.

But everyone judges in their own ways, And where necessary, offer praise And where it should hit, it can I’m also asking - not to pity

I don’t love this stubbornness Or slime of knowledge Frankly I will tell you The kind of heart these poems go. [1937]

#Ukrainian Poet #Mikhail Sytnyk #1937

[thepoetrycurator]

Excerpt from the poem "We'll Not Die in Paris" by Natalka Bilotserkivets, translated by Dzvinia Orlowsky.

From IN THE HOUR OF WAR: POETRY FROM UKRAINE edited by Carolyn Forche and Ilya Kaminsky.

#Natalka Bilotserkivets #Dzvinia Orlowsky #Carolyn Forche #Ilya Kaminsky #Ukraine #Ukraine War #War Poetry #war poem #poems about war #Ukrainian Poetry #Ukrainian Poet #Poetry #Poem #Poet

[justsweethoney]

#collectible #antique postcard #Ukrainian poet #eBay #Taras SHEVCHENKO #music bandura #Ukraine Dnepr

[folklorespring]

Here are two poems by Maksym Kryvtsov, a Ukrainian poet, who was killed defending Ukraine back in January. One of the poems is dedicated to a ginger cat that followed him around faithfully and later died with him. Please read his words, don't let them die too.

#ukraine #Ukrainian art #Ukrainian culture #Ukrainian poetry #Ukrainian literature #literature #art #poetry #books #booklr #poet #culture #Maksym Kryvtsov #poem #words

[yourdailyqueer]

Sydor Rey (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 6 September 1908 

DOD: 15 November 1979

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: Polish / American

Occupation: Writer, poet

Note: Could also be Ukrainian as was born there and studied in Lviv

#Sydor Rey #lgbt history #bisexuality #lgbt #lgbtq #male #bisexual #1908 #rip #historical #jewish #ashkenazi jewish #polish #ukrainian #writer #poet

[snivel1]

You know that you are a human…

You know that you are a human.

You know that, or do you not?

That smile of yours is unique to you,

That torment of yours is unique to you,

Your eyes no other person has got.

Tomorrow you won’t be here present.

Tomorrow on this blessed land

Others’ll be running and laughing,

Others’ll be feeling and loving;

Good people and bad ones, my friend.

Today all the world is for you:

Forests and hills, valleys deep.

So hurry to live, please, hurry!

So hurry to love, please, hurry!

Don’t miss out on it, don’t oversleep!

‘Cause you on this Earth are a human.

And whether you want it or not,

That smile of yours is unique to you,

That torment of yours is unique to you,

Your eyes no other person has got.

Author: Vasyl Symonenko

Translator: Kyrylo Snizhko

#ukraine #ukrainian poetry #ukrainian poets #ukrainian history #vasyl symonenko #found the translation in english so that i won't be the only one crying my eyes out #this poem isone of the most impactful things for me personally #every time i read it or hear it or see it or anything i start weeping #love #humanity #humans #snively ramblings #(?) #in tags for sure xdd #ukrainian culture #please help ukraine win #russia is a terrorist state #help ukraine #russia never stopped oppressing ukrainians no matter if culturally emotionally physically etc #but we are strong and we will win!!💪💪💪🇺🇦🇺🇦

[ebookporn]

Why I translate Ukraine’s silenced poets

For Russians, good or bad, the war and Ukraine are usually all about them. That is why now, more than ever, we must work to recover Ukrainian culture as a whole from its marginalization.

by Stephen Komarnyckyj

I first visited Ukraine, a country I had always thought of as my country, in 1992 after my Aunt had returned from Komi in North Russia to her homeland. It was very different from the country of my Ukrainian textbooks, with a Cossack astride a rearing horse on the front cover or Ivan Franko and Taras Shevchenko staring sombrely at the reader.

The Ukrainian nationals on the flight were at the back of the plane. I was near the front, my Saturday School Ukrainian, which I had learned badly, inadequate for communication. My supposedly fellow Ukrainians were foreign to me, and I to them.

After we landed, I found a bookshop that had no Ukrainian books at all. I asked where they were. There was an empty bookshelf labeled Ukrainian literature behind a cord to stop readers from approaching.

READ MORE

#writers and poets #ukrainian tumblr #russian culture #poetry #librarians #libraries #archieves #translators

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"I watch neighbors open // their phones to watch / a cop demanding a man’s driver’s license. When a man reaches for his wallet, the cop / shoots. Into the car window. Shoots. // It is a peaceful country."

Read it here | Reblog for a larger sample size!

#closed polls #polls #poetry #poems #poetry polls #poets and writing #tumblr poetry #have you read this #in the time of peace #ilya kaminsky #deaf republic #gun violence #police violence #ukraine #ukrainian poetry #admin faves

[unhonestlymirror]

На стрімкім териконі

віддалась ти мені

серед білого дня в суботу.

І дивився на нас

весь Донбас,

весь Донбас,

припинивши роботу.

(с) Микола Холодний

#укртумбочка #укртамблер #ukrainian literature #Ukrainian poets

[koyuki-anima]

Telegram- 👉🏻 👈🏻 https://t.me/yumirryu

#bungou stray dogs #bsd sigma #fyodor dostoyevsky bsd #nikolai gogol #bsd fyodor #bsd nikolai gogol #fyolai #mykola bsd #ukrainian culture #poets on tumblr

[fatehavtarsingh]

Pre-release of the song 'Sunrise'

by me and in collaboration with Phrank ROC Recordings

Words of gratitude and respect for Pheezyks Ayo

Please click on the appropriate links to listen to the music:

SoundCloud & Bandcamp

Social ╱ Motivating Hip-Hop ╱ Trap song ╱ Trap beat ╱ Lyrics ╱ Ukraine music from Kyiv city ╱ Released Dec 5, 2023

Lyrics by 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗲(𝗵)

Beat ('poison') by the hills collective

Cover, Artwork by Andrej Gojda

#music #artists #artwork #hiphop #rapper #ukraine #ukrainian #artists on tumblr #rap #trap #trap music #artists on twitter #poetry #new poets society #writers and poets #poets on tumblr #poetic #social life #lyrics #lyric quotes #emcee #studio life #music production #producer #beats #new music #songwriter #ukraine music #musician #vibes

[kn11ves]

yall gotta give other old russian authors apart from dostoevsky and tolstoy a chance. pushkin bunin gorky bulgakov turgenev goncharov and chekhov are all whimpering and crying in a corner im so for real

#not to mention you could. give nabakov another look even if you dont want to read lolita which i get it is a hard one to get through #he has other books. read my boys they never did nothing wrong #also you should check out russian poets and thats. thats good too also ok #also someone pleaseee read the village by bunin pleaseeee its so good pleaseeeeeeeeese #kuzma is literally so babygirl you guys have no idea #rereading the post .ok as if half of you give tolstoy a chance😭war and peace isnt even that long you guys read slow burns longer than that #also . war and peace has anatole in IT I GOTTA STOP GIVING PROPAGANDA TO HIM . READ MISERY BY ANTON CHEKHOV NOW🔫!!! #you guys turgenev did not say as long as there is even just one russian alive oblomov will be remembered #for u guys to not even give it a chance #i also mention that quote bc it givees me shakes and shivers and i want to start sobbing about turgenev and goncharov like you have no clue #i have electricity and pains in my chest *pathetic* ok . read you guys go read something #i was also wondering if i should have put gogol but my boy was ukrainian and that should be respected on its own i just dont want #to slavblanket you know its important to recognise where they came from

[gardenofchrome]

Vent

I am the flag

Planted in the ground

Perestan sporit

Ty govorish kak tvoy otets

I don’t budge

Even against the roaring wind

Ty ne znayesh

O chem govorish

Ty rebenok

I am a sign

An achievement

Reaching something new

Khvatit

Tebe tak povezlo zhitv etoy strane

Kogda tebya mogli bombit

TRANSLATION:

Stop arguing,

You sound like your father

You don’t know

Of what you speak

You are a child

Enough

You don’t know how lucky you are to live in this country

When you could be getting bombed instead

#for you #ukrainian american #russian language #creative writing #model poem #the poet x #poetry #teenage writer #poet #poem #vent #vent poem #emotions #english translation #parents

[folklorespring]

by Victoria Amelina, translated from Ukrainian by Anatoly Kudryavitsky

#ukraine #ukrainian culture #ukrainian poetry #russia is a terrorist state #genocide #fuck russia #stand with ukraine #russia #support ukraine #russian war crimes #genocide of ukrainians #Victoria Amelina #war #poetry #art #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #female writers #poets on tumblr

[that-angry-noldo]

i have lost all my self control i am translating skovoroda to quenya

#i know zero quenya #skovoroda is ukrainian poet #wish me good luck #/my circus my monkeys but tolkien