Ukraine (Romanisation according to RAK-WB [German cataloguing rules])
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Holoborod’ko, Vasyl’ (text)
Levi, Inha (illus.)
Viršiv povna rukavyčka. Poėzija (A glove full of verses. Poetry)
Kyďv: Hrani-T, 2010. – 73 p.
(Series: Sučasna dytjača poėzija)
ISBN 978-966-465-300-5
Poetry – Haiku – Aphorism
The “Glove Full of Verses” constitutes Vasyl’ Holoborod’ko’s extraordinary
contribution to Ukrainian children’s poetry. The renowned poet is a member
of the equally renowned “Kiev School”, which has produced modernist poems
undermining Socialist realism since the 1960s. Holoborod’ko’s short verses
about animals, wind and weather, and a child’s experience – inspired by
Japanese haiku – stand out for their pithiness, their immediacy, and their
partly thoughtful, partly witty characteristic style. Thanks to their
intentionally and cleverly placed gaps and breaks, the poems make readers
pause for a moment, and thus provide ample room for thought. Inha Levi’s
colour-pencil drawings hint at each text’s subject, but also leave enough
space for the readers’ own imagination. (Age: 5+)