Five Untitled Poems by Mykyta Ryzhykh

 

ants warm their belly under 

the sun like a giant

organs crawl out from

their own disgrace

eve of the last war

 

 

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spring tulips

winter cacti

autumn roses

summer rains

everything around is waiting 

for the end of the world

 

 

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meaningless landscape

snow falls and falls

the ruins are silent and silent

 

 

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my wife is winter

without any explanation

 

 

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slaves of the language

how to be more eloquent?

 

the language of slavery

we disappear into the belly of urban landscapes

Mykyta Ryzhykh from Ukraine (Nova Kakhovka Citу), won the international competition «Art Against Drugs», was bronze medalist of the festival Chestnut House and laureate of the literary competition named after Tyutyunnik.

They have been published in Tipton Poetry Journal (2022), Stone Poetry Journal (2022), Divot journal, dyst journal (01.07.2022), Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine (2022), Alternate Route (07.2022), Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal (07.2022), Littoral Press (2022).