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Poetry is freedom of spirit, flight, imagination. There are always sparks of the Divine in good poetry. When you read real poetry, you not only feel it, but also see it – in fact, you are in the cinema, where there is only one spectator, and this spectator is you, the reader!
Alexander Korotko
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Poetry of the day
What’s the hurry when there’s no waiting…
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What’s the hurry when there’s no waiting
when there’s nothing but separation
When the surf of the minutes is loud
When all the rustles and sounds
rise from the abyss of summer.
The sad judgement of memories,
the vagaries of autumn, oblivion,
unrecognisable shelter,
cold shadows of strangers
that keep the heart at bay.
And the sky in its wisps of homeless clouds
is such a sadness,
and in the mirror of the vast soul
the sunset burns desperately.
In the suburb of sunlight,
to the chatter of the birds,
we return from summer
to our dull but familiar paradise.
04.12.2023
New videos with the author’s reading of poetry have been published on the website
Recently, new video works have been published on the site in the Watch/Poetry section of…
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29.09.2023
The publication of Oleksandr Korotko’s military poetry in Poland has been postponed until 2024
The latest political events, which caused a certain deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Poland,…
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18.08.2023
100 poems will be included in Oleksandr Korotko’s new book about the war “Blackout”
Oleksandr Korotko completed work on the second book about the Russian-Ukrainian war – “Blackout”. The…
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13.08.2023
The professor of Lodz University translated Oleksandr Korotko’s book into Polish
The translation of Oleksandr Korotko’s book Blackout into Polish has been completed. Professor Anna Bednarczyk…
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09.08.2023
The Union of Writers of China plans to translate and publish poems from Korotko’s new book
Today it became known that the Writers’ Union of China intends to translate into Chinese…
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08.08.2023
The translation of Oleksandr Korotk’s new book “Blackout” into English is in progress
Alexander Korotko’s new collection of poems, Blackout, is almost complete. Andrew Sheppard, editor-in-chief of the…
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19.07.2023
New considerations of the British editor Andrew Sheppard on Korotko’s poetry
Andrew Sheppard, editor-in-chief of the British publication “East-West Review” spoke about Alexander Korotko’s poetry, which…
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15.07.2023
The Writers’ Union of Poland plans to publish Oleksandr Korotko’s book
The Polish Writers’ Union has confirmed its intention to publish Oleksandr Korotko’s collection “War” in…
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Apprentice. Book about creators (Подмастерье. Книга о творцах)
A collection of poetry by Alexander Korotko, dedicated to great creators: from Pushkin and Lermontov to Picasso and Magritte, from Kafka and Freud to Vysotsky and Nureyev. The collection also includes the poem "Paris"...
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The Mausoleum of the Memory (Памяти Мавзолей)
A collection of philosophical and psychological poems by Alexander Korotko about the terrible pages of our history (the Gulag, the Holocaust)...
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Книга «Moon Boy» / «Лунный мальчик» в переводе на английский язык
How many remarkable lives there are within us. I went to meet the nocturnal guest. I don't know why, but at the very moment when I opened the door, I felt such warmth and tenderness, felt...
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Книга «Ragazzo di luna» / «Лунный мальчик» в переводе на итальянский
Korotko si riferisce alla demenza del tempo in modo trascendente, mentre l’intelligenza e la coscienza sono il frutto di uno sforzo che è necessario compiere: bisogna interrompere il...
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Irrazionalismo
Alexander Korotko is a Russian-language Ukrainian poet from Kyiv. Born in Korosten, Ukraine, he studied economics at Odessa University. His first collection, "Window", was published in 1989. Since then he has published more...
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Stus, Kindle Edition
A Narrative Poem by poet and writer Alexander Korotko. Tragic story of Ukrainian dissident poet Vasyl Stus, who died in Soviet forced labor camp....
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Joseph and Jacob, Kindle Edition
A Narrative Poem by poet and writer Alexander Korotko. This poem tells about the dramatic events that occurred in ancient times in Egypt with Joseph, his brothers, and their father Jacob....
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Abraham and Isaac, Kindle Edition
A Long Poem by poet and writer Alexander Korotko. Biblical story of the righteous Abraham, who was ready to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac at the behest of God...
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Bera and Cucumber, Kindle Edition
Tales, short stories and essays - Alexander Korotko's prose of the latter decade in a new book with an intriguing title. The action takes place in the Ukrainian city Odessa, where the author spent his childhood and youth. Non-standard plot, elements of ...
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Very occasionally a unique new voice in poetry rises above the clamouring crowd to command attention. Informed by a very different culture, language and environment from his Anglophone audience, Korotko’s short, sharp observations of life around him are far from the easiest to translate...
Hillary Shears, translator and poet. December 2019, London