“Voice from Ukraine,” Three Poems, Vyacheslav Konoval.
The heat plays with us
The heat plays with us
it is brought a southern cyclone,
a peace remained to pamper the soul for two days,
minutes they are fast, like all weekends.
A wild gopher is hiding in the forest,
he scooped up a tasty treat under his arm,
the gopher will raise its face to the sun.
He walks in the yard until late.
Where is the dream in which they bowed, propaganda clowns?
Where is the dream in which they bowed
propaganda clowns
in front of the presidential abomination?
Yesterday’s baths were licked.
Where is the hearse
that will take someone to heaven,
of a pale idol in a terrible boiler hell?
and at least somewhere, God, please take him by the hand,
an ancient grandfather so that it is not too late.
Where is the boomerang that spins on?
Hah, payback time has come for sins
the Cosmic Justice will interrogate the president.
Under the parental roof
Under the parental roof,
the chicks squealed loudly,
they did not know the small national universities,
they got a taste of life at Harvard.
Old party members from the Pechersk hills,
pupils of the godless Lavra slaves,
The ex-communists kept the wealthier style,
during the Kravchuk reigns they received a state pension.
Today the birds are praised,
because the rich celebrate the wedding in the war,
a mass of similar winged ones is circling,
somewhere squeezed into the state,
an ordinary people are not happy.
BIO: Vyacheslav Konoval is a Ukrainian poet whose work is devoted to the most pressing social problems of our time, such as poverty, ecology, relations between the people and the government, and war.
His poems have appeared in many magazines, including Anarchy Anthology Archive, International Poetry Anthology, Literary Waves Publishing, Sparks of Kaliopa, Reach of the Song 2022, Diogenes for Culture Journal, «Scars of my heart from the war», «Poetry for Ukraine», «Rhyming», «La page Blanche», «Impacted», «Military Review», «The Lit», «Allegro», «Innisfree poetry journal», «Antunes Galaxy Poetry», «Ekscentrika», «Mere Inkling», «EgoPhobia», «Fulcrum», «Omnibus», «Lothlorien Poetry Journal», Revista Literaria «Taller Igitur», «Tarot Poetry Journal», «Tiny Seed Literature Journal», «Best American Poetry Blog», «Quilled Ink Review», «Chronograph Poetry Journal», the Appalachian Journal «Dark Horse», «Agape», «Mascara Literary Review», «Gray Sparrow», «ArLJo», «Ekstasis», «The Bloom Litarery Journal», «Novus Litarery Journal», «Lyrical Somerville», «Charleston Poets», «Briefly Zine», «Varied Spirit», «Taos Poetry Journal», «The Skinny Poetry Journal», «Academy of the Heart and Mind» Journal, «ARIEL CHART» International Literary Journal, «Poesia Ultracontemporanea», «New Ulster 124», «Revista Cronopio», «Gotic Nature», «WordCityLit», «TSaunders Pubs», «London Grip New Poetry», «Mill Valley Literary Review», «Zeitglass», «The Coin», «Coal Literary Journal», «Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal», «Diamonds in the Rough magazine», «Spy Community Media», «Delmarva Rewiev», «Synchronized Chaos Journal», «The Horror Zine Journal», «The Bosphorus Review», «Interalia Magazie».
Vyacheslav's poems have been translated into Spanish, French, Scottish, Italian, and Polish.
His poems also have been read at meetings of various poetry groups, including Newman Poetry Group, Never Talk Innocence, Voicing Art Poetry Reading for Ukraine, Worcester County Poetry, Brussels Writer's Circle, and Poets Anonymous May Middle-Met, Brett Show by Andrea, the Manx Bard group, Allinghman Art Festival, Versopolis Poetry Expo 2023, poetry readings «Poetry of Struggle and Solidarity», «Poetic Voices», Coal Literary Journal's Eve, presentation at Albert van Abbehuis Fling.
Vyacheslav's poems were presented at War Art Project.
He is a member of the Federation of Scottish Writers.