By order of the commissar
The war with Russia
has been going on for almost 10 years,
there are battles big and small
the land suffers from raids,
the hands of bloody deeds –
those cursed Muscovites.
The Ukrainians fight for their land,
their serving in an army style,
on the graves flags and various flowers,
nothing will awaken patriotism in the gray mass.
War as a sacred duty,
everyone will pick up a machine gun,
once by order of the commissioner
the Military Commissariat will call all to the front.
Lightning courted Grom
Faded, tarnished, blackened,
where the sun parted from the sky
thunderstruck and it brightened,
and the wind follows the steppe.
Demonstrating the power of muscles Thunder,
he noticed the female gender,
hit the neighbor's house,
the owner goes to patch the antenna.
Blue-haired Lightning laughs,
attract’s Thunder by eyes,
Grom’s heart is beating wildly
kisses are not wasted in a coma.
Thunder approaches the Lightning,
he doesn't know how to start a conversation
he doubts his strength, love is life,
and words are half of it.
Taking the king forward with his feet
Taking the king forward with his feet
the boyars wanted to do this the last time,
military headquarters in Rostov
met with the first ray.
Among the rebels, in Panama hat
the Bald Leader drags his feet,
collection of prison customs
he has a reliable rear.
The Bald called after him and to the weapons,
looters, prisoners, murderers,
thousands of rapists, folk bloodsuckers.
Columns of criminality army
were went to Voronezh
Roshvardiski's defense units
crushed and demolished.
The Wagnerites shot down 8 birds on the road,
set fire to the oil depot and trucks,
Prigozhin longs for Moscow,
using the weapon of the Ptura’s air systems.
The «descendant of Pugachev»
was walking, taking the capital Moscow,
he lacked courage,
the Leader of the rebels should tell the truth
to himself and to people
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.
Vyacheslav’s poems were translated into Spanish, French, Scottish, Italian, and Polish languages.
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.
