poetry In Ukraine

For all the news about the invasion of Ukraine, US observers scarcely know the price of war, but as San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil writes, that won’t last forever.

Beau Beausoleil
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In

Ukraine

(for Izyum)

 

By Beau Beausoleil

 

How many

bodies can

they hide

behind

their eyes

graves

in the

sandy

soil

of a

pine

forest

mass

graves

in cities

discarded

bodies

in backyards

under rubble

along roads

and streets

How

many

ways

are

there

to kill

a man

a woman

or even

a child

One day

we will know

 

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Beau Beausoleil is a poet and activist (Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here) based in San Francisco, California. His most recent book of poems is Another Way Home (Blue Light Press - 2022).