Morning. A dull day. Evening. Night. by Lesya Bakun

Morning.
A dull day.
Evening.
Night.
What unifies them?
Violin sounds in the ionosphere
Piano in the mountain streams
The rattle of trees and herbs.
Oh world!
You are beautiful!
I love you!
Your symphony
Is always bringing harmony.
Come up now!
Take over the entire planet!
Resound with all your might!
People will remember such a concert
for a long time.

(Originally written in Russian on 12.09.03)
[Translated on 09.08.2020]

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Lesya Bakun is a polyglot poet and non-formal educator who resides in Ukraine.

She has been writing since the age of 14, in Ukrainian, Russian, and English; her poems were published in the local young poets anthology.

Lesya has the “young” and “adult” periods of her writing life, and challenges of each are vividly seen in the words she’s sharing – both as texts and on poetry readings.

Her poems revolve around complex themes like trauma, gender, societal issues, relationships, and mental health.