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POETRY CORNER: Meanwhile

Guest Contributor by Guest Contributor
Friday, February 24, 2023 7:01 am
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Sunflowers in the sun Picture:Couleur from Pixabay

Sunflowers in the sun Picture:Couleur from Pixabay

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I hear sunflowers flourish in Russia,

They face east towards the rising sun,

Across the plains of the Matryoshka.

Ukraine is their neighbour and brother…

What dreadful things have been done,

Meanwhile sunflowers flourish in Russia.

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Across the plains of the Matryoshka.

Seeds handed out by a wise babushka,

To face west towards the setting sun:

A sunflower for each fallen Russian,

Sent to their death by the Matryoshka.

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