Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Too Hot are now published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 25th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.

Friday, October 17, 2025

Jackie Chou

Elegy for Iryna Zarutska


He set his wild rage 

flying like a firebird 

fluttering from his blade

into your tender flesh 


What madness 

glints in his eyes!

Hatred simmers in his heart

like a witch's cauldron


The flame of his touch

had snuffed out your light–

and now I ride the bus

with a chill in my blood 


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