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From ULR
Issue 14 – WITNESS
Chestnut Blossom
A Kyiv chestnut blooms, defiant, its white integrity spattered with heroes' blood, refusing all shelters.
January 4, 2026
For Iuliia Hoban
So much
depends upon
a chestnut tree
blooming in Kyiv
defying sirens
refusing shelters
dripping its white glaze
of integrity
spattered with
heroes’ blood.
📖
PART OF A COLLECTIONClytemnestra Descending and 3 other poems
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Stan Galloway
Stan Galloway writes from the hills of West Virginia (USA). He is the author/(co-)editor of 9 collections, most recently Savor: Poems for the Tongue (Friendly City Books, 2024).