Kateryna Kalytko. Orden movchalnyts. (The Order of the Silent)

"The portrait of a Ukrainian woman more often presents her being silent than when she is talking. But without the experience of this silence, there would be no voice that sounds in this collection. The voice that defends the right to speak sincerely about acute grief, generational traumas, the courage of love, and disappointment with emptiness behind masks. Because that's the only way one remains oneself – but also embodies the experience of hundreds of still speechless sisters."
In Ukrainian.
Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 140x210 mm

Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Meridian Czernowitz, Chernivtsi
Contents:

1. PRYNYShKLYY LANDShAFT

- Tak vertajeshsja do svojikh \\ Os‘ shcho skazhe zemlja, koly znovu ziydesh na tsju tverd‘ \\ Tak buvaje z mistamy – nache v kotriys‘ iz osel‘ \\ A koly vony obstupajut‘ \\ Ale ljubysh – i znovu khochesh \\ I vidkoly z toboju – u svitu nemaje zhalju \\ Ale shcho za dveryma, u domi? \\ Tse niby viter, shcho perenosyt‘ na inshyy bereh \\ Kholodno bude, malen‘ka fihurko v landshafti \\ - Proshchavay! – hukajut‘ \\ Podyvysja, Andriju: vohon‘ bizhyt‘ po vodi \\ Moje do ostann‘oho khrjashchyka u teplomu tili vazhkomu \\ Opuskajesh ruku – z porizu na biliy shkiri \\ Loskitlyve svitlo vorushyt‘sja \\ Spleskuje shchos‘ u povitri, niby \\ Zhodnoho slova bil‘she \\ BEZSMERTJa \\ Tak vony i zhyly: vyyshly na svizhyy snih

2. ZhINOChA POLOVYNA

- Po zasluzi tobi, sestrytse, za viru v te, shcho skazane \\ Ma nishtana ha-layla ha-ze? \\ A vmila b movchaty – mohla by maty \\ Ja dobre znala tu pisnju i prosto khotila \\ Choloviky movchaly, karajuchy jikh za perestup \\ Mav by – kazhe – tr‘okh dochok, berih by jikh i ljubyv \\ Odna otak i zalyshyt‘sja – horilyts‘ u pit‘mi \\ Nayblyzhchi do neba zaraz – robitnyky \\ Dukh dykhaje, de khoche \\ Ty y holosu moho chuty nyni ne varta \\ Shche odna vkhodyt‘ prosto z hustoho doshchu \\ ChETVERO: 1. Kateryna 2. Marija 3. Tamara 4. Insha Kateryna \\ Zakhodyt‘ ishche odna

3. ShEPIT

- Stil‘ky vazhlyvoho treba zhadaty, perepovisty \\ VIRSh Z INITsIALAMY \\ Chesnist‘ pershoji spravzhn‘oji syvyny \\ Nizhnist‘ \\ Vitrom proynjata vulytsja – aerodynamichna truba \\ Svitlo, jakoho nikoly ne nazdozhenesh \\ Vulytsja obiymaje tebe, nache kokhantsja \\ I shkrebet‘sja parostok u hrudjakh \\ Spy, vzhe skoro vstavaty. Novyy zakrutyt‘sja den‘ \\ I os‘ ja tobi hovorju, hovorju \\ Taki doshchi ts‘oho lita husti \\ Vsi nashi mista pid praporamy khvoroby \\ Os‘ ja ljublju tebe

4. ChOLOVIChA POLOVYNA

- Khirurh, shcho chotyry roky \\ Mertva ljubov od zhyvoji krashcha, kazhut‘ \\ Vse, shcho teper hovorytymu \\ Syla moja u tim, shcho ne potrebuju yoho \\ Koly vona zryvalas‘ na kryk, vin shchorazu \\ Take krasyve, riz‘blene oblychchja \\ U tebe temni vusta y doloni, nache vsju nich \\ INTERBELLUM \\ Chas do snu. Zubnyy poroshok i pakhuche mylo \\ Tse tvoja krajina, znayomsja. Tak lamaje zhyttja

5. KRYK

- Os‘ i lyshajet‘sja v mene til‘ky odyn tsey prychal \\ Vchora na trasi bula velyka avarija \\ Vyrostaty iz vlasnykh knyzhok, jak z dytjachykh chobit \\ Lytsemiram i bojahuzam lehshe dajet‘sja zyma \\ ne mozhna tak dovho ne bachytys‘ \\ Shcho rozpovisty vam, troje z dalekykh dorih? \\ Ujavljajesh, jak lebid‘ obiymaje ljudynu? \\ Poperedzhaly: vid ts‘oho vitru khvoritymut‘ nashi dushi \\ Dvoje naholosiv – a pravyl‘ni z nykh obydva \\ Kholody prokradajut‘sja v son. Zabery mene zvidsy \\ Navskisne prominnja nad finishnoju prjamoju \\ Poky pyv i huljav

6. TYShA

- Tak pochuvalysja b dity, jakykh ishche vchora \\ Stil‘ky svitla \\ Vrantsi tsukrova pamoroz‘ hustishaje na dakhakh \\ Spytaty \\ Dovira – voda, povna nevydymykh lez \\ Harnyy buv by startap u neototalitarniy imperiji \\ Osin‘ teper zdajet‘sja chymos‘ na kshtalt \\ Stil‘ky vsikh potoybich, azh zazdrisno jikhn‘omu svitlu \\ Ljuds‘ka nayshchemkisha vroda – zavzhdy nabir asymetriy \\ I radila b, radila chervonym jablukam \\ Zustrichaly ljubov, a potomu jiji vtrachaly \\ Nadiynyy bereh mynaje. Staleva voda lyshajet‘sja