​Poems by Ihor Mitrov 

SPRING
 
i was kindling the stove
with an atlas of the ussr
 
rrfsr was just enough
for two weeks
 
and then
the spring came
 
Translated by Oliana Sokolenko
 

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KYIV
 
three explosions outside the window
the old dog got scared
and wetted the floor
 
take it easy athanasius man
this is our air defense working
 
over kyiv
lilies
bloom
 
 
MARIUPOL
 
me and my girlfriend
were putting together a huge jigsaw puzzle of earth
and then the war started
 
now’s not the time
we’ll come back to that after
 
just don’t let
any tiny blue piece
 
get lost
under the rubble
 
Translated from Ukrainian by Oliana Sokolenko

​Born on 1st September 1991 in Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ihor Mitrov is a Ukrainian poet, critic, essayist. He Studied at the Institute of Philology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is the author of poetry books Голландський кут (2019) and Голос України (2021).
 
With an active participation in the literary life of Ukraine, he serves as an organizer and participant of many literary and artistic events, especially at the International Arsenal Book Festival and the Book Forum Lviv. He is one of the founders of the St. Sibert the Light Literary Order, an informal open literary society aimed at popularizing modern Ukrainian literature.

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