Blackbird ArchiveSerhiy Zhadan
A contributor page introducing Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan, whose poems appear here in English translation.
The Ukrainian original of "The Air We Breathed," a poem about a fox evading traps and a fraught, unspoken love.
PoetryThe Air We BreathedA translated Ukrainian poem uses the image of an elusive fox to explore the corrosive silences of a failing relationship.
PoetrySerhiy ZhadanA contributor page introducing Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan, whose poems appear here in English translation.
PoetryAlan ZhukovskiA contributor page introducing Alan Zhukovski, translator of Serhiy Zhadan's poetry for this issue.
Poetry[Влітку], СЕРГІЙ ЖАДАН (Serhiy Zhadan)The Ukrainian original of "Orange in a Schoolbag," a poem about chasing the wind through open windows in summer.
PoetryOrange in a SchoolbagA translated poem likens the morning sun to an orange in a schoolbag, the one thing that matters in loneliness.
Poetry[Важким кам’яним вугіллям в корінні лісів], СЕРГІЙ ЖАДАН (Serhiy Zhadan)The Ukrainian original of "Year's Middle," a poem about the height of summer and the choice between memory and forgetting.
PoetryYear’s MiddleA translated poem tracks the turning of midsummer into a meditation on memory, loss, and the roads not taken.