Explosions
The sounds fill up the air
into moments when you don’t expect it
though you always feel
that something is about to happen
but still
sounds fill up the room
and the numb question of what that was
echoing from the ceiling
and rolling on the floor to the doors
sound fills up my head
I lean against the door jamb
and listen listen listen
to the silence of the city
after
Вибухи
звуками повниться повітря
у моменти коли не чекаєш
хоча й живеш в передчутті
що ось-ось щось трапиться
але все одно
звуками повниться кімната
і німе питання що це було
відгукується від стелі
і котиться підлогою до дверей
звуками повниться голова
й тулиться до одвірку
і слухає слухає слухає
як мовчить місто
після них
.
Windows
The teeth of war were pulled out
they could still grow
but maturity
knocked on the door
like an unexpected guest
broke the locks
instead, and
brought some wrap
to cover the windows
like corpses
that won’t get up.
Вікна
вирвані зуби війни
могли ще рости
але зрілість
непроханою гостею
постукала у двері
виламала замки
і натомість
принесла плівку
заклеїти вікна
мов накрити тіла
що вже не встануть
.
Olha Kalinina is a poet, storyteller, and translator from Sumy. She is the winner of the translation contest “Chilean poetry” and the poetry contest “We are Sumy.” She participates in literary festivals, Book Arsenal, BookForum, etc.
Ella Yevtushenko is a poet, translator, and musician from Kyiv. She is the finalist of the “MRP” and “Dictum” poetry contests, laureate of the “Smoloskyp” contest, and participant at literary festivals, Book Arsenal, Ї BookForum, Translatorium, etc. Her first poetry collection Lichtung was published in 2016. In 2020 she founded a solo electronic and poetic project, Thuyone. She is the Co-founder (with Bohdan-Oleh Horobchuk) of the SHCHOHLA art association, which has held more than 20 cultural events, and co-author of the Kulturtrigger YouTube channel.
Artemii Kalinin is a poet and translator from the Poltava region. He participates in literary festivals, Book Arsenal, BookForum, etc.
