a fish shaped pillow
thrown to the secondhand shore
gasps amid rubbish
and nobody really cares
it’s an endangered species
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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Author Archives: Tetiana Aleksina
phthalovision
air is especially fancy tonight
violet and green
a beatific palette of dappled light
both seen and unseen
my breath is deep, mind is still, and now
all is colour and chime
a local chemical plant, take a bow
for my zen inspiration respiration time
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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the fallout
when finally the winter’s regime
hugged with a gentle vise
once the hectic mainstream
got locked in a stasis of ice
a roar swelled from slander
antheming to sacred shit
both turned into frozen meander
adorned with a bilious split
prickly slush wrapped up tighter
rhetoric and gagged criticism
like a pearl torn from the peak of a mitre
the globe rolled down a glaring schism
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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We Stand With Ukraine
We stand with Ukraine. Ми з Україною. Мы с Украиной. 💙💛
by TETIANA ALEKSINA (UKRAINE) & TONY SINGLE (AUSTRALIA) 2022
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queen victoria’s revenge
in the starchy days of the victorian era
there was a bearded goat, the noble caballero
he had a heart of gold, was an opium wars hero
he was a strict vegan with a soft spot for madeira
the goat was head of the royal spy agency ‘chimera’
one day he was in a hurry because of an urgent case
and by chance swept off a table the queen’s favourite vase
moreover, he nudged a box of royal tissues from its place
unfortunately for him ill news always flies apace
and in a blink of an eye the goat lost the queen’s grace
next day another qualified as head of the secret vow
while the poor clumsy goat hitched a rope over a royal bough
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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