Vyacheslav Konoval is a poet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Many of his poems have been translated into Spanish, French, Italian and Polish but this is one he wrote in English for CAS members to enjoy.
Image: “A Sunset over Kiev, Ukraine” © Vera Uzhva
A dark blue cloud crawls across the sky
A dark blue cloud crawls across the sky,
It rains every day.
As if punishment is pouring from God.
Fluffy fresh caresses,
crowded street of
stockpiled ice fragments.
My body doesn’t obey
It seemed to be dozing,
limps tiredly in laziness.
© Vyacheslav Konoval