2 poems by Mykyta Ryzhykh

girl draws a bird
the drawing doesn’t work

the sky is still bird blue
the doctor says the girl will never be able to see


Breakfast is over
Unhealthy snack instead of breakfast is over
The unhealthy snack instead of breakfast is over again

We still have two empty packets of Pringles chips as a souvenir.
I’m the only one left with two empty packets of Pringles chips as a souvenir.
I only have two empty packets of Pringles chips left as a souvenir.

I still feel like I’m not alone
It still seems to me that you and I are together
The sky is still blue as if there is no death


ABOUT THE ARTIST

Winner of the international competition «Art Against Drugs», bronze medalist of the festival Chestnut House, laureate of the literary competition named after Tyutyunnik.

Published in the journals Dzvin, Dnipro, Bukovinsky journal, Tipton Poetry Journal , Stone Poetry Journal, Divot journal , dyst journal, Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Alternate Route , Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal, Littoral Press , Book of Matches , on the portals Ice Floe Press, Litcenter and ‘Soloneba’, in the Ukrainian literary newspaper etc.

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Image cropped from the collection East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen (1922 edition)

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