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).