__Paper Bridge__ is the first bilingual collection by Ukrainian poet Vasyl Makhno. Contents Vasyl Makhno: Bridges from Eternity into Our Moment Паперовий міст/ Paper Bridge Світло / Light Осінні вірші / Autumn Poems Нічне плавання яхти / A Yacht Sails at Night Берлін / Berlin Десять тисяч дверей / Ten Thousand Doors Сакральний хліб / Sacred Bread Лист приятелеві / Letter to a Friend Маґнолія / Magnolia Одна / The One Дощ у Нью-Йорку / Rain in New York Жовтий пес / Yellow Dog Ґранада, Нікараґуа / Granada, Nicaragua В Тбілісі / In Tbilisi Шахтар / The Miner Мама співає / My Mother Sings Кропива / Nettle Лютня / The Lute Елегія з цибулею / Elegy with an Onion Орхідея / Orchid Допит матроса / Interrogation of a Sailor Перед океаном / Looking Out at the Ocean З долоні будяка / From a Thistles’s Palm Світляки / Fireflies Різдвяний вірш / Christmas Poem Нагірна проповідь / Sermon On the Mount Усе маєш / You Have It All «Якби Бах плекав бджіл»* / If Bach Kept Bees* Книжки / Books Складений вдвоє аркуш паперу / A Folded Sheet of Paper У Парижі / In Paris Коротка історія англійської поезії / A Brief History of English Poetry Світ – порожній сабвей / The World Is an Empty Subway Car З вересневих спостережень / September Observations Серпокрилець / Sickle-Winged Swifts Три варіації на тему Дерека Волкота / Three Variations on the Theme of Derek Walcott У заплавах / In the Floodplains Пробудження / Awakening Весілля / Wedding Зимовий вірш / Winter Poem About the authors Paper Bridge is the first bilingual collection by Ukrainian poet Vasyl Makhno, a "master of the contemporary Ukrainian Ballad, who builds a lifeline for the broken-hearted wanderers, homeless heartbreakers, hopeless romantics, and helpful ironists," in the words of Valzhyna Mort, winner of the Griffin Poetry prize. Makhno's bridge extends to us all, serving whatever purpose we need it to, as Lidijia Dimkovska, author of A Spare Life, writes, "it is a bridge that can burn or resist... but it is a witness to the existence of a traveler through souls, bodies, and spirits, through our own subconsciousness." With this outstanding collection of poems, Makhno is able to preserve an "enviable spiritual equilibrium...one that grinds out the music even in the toughest of days, a music that survived the twentieth century and keeps alive in the new horrors of the twenty-first," in the words of Los Angeles Book Prize winner Ilya Kaminsky, "and now despite it all, even in his room in New York City away from Ukraine, [Makhno] can still hear how 'old age sings' how it 'nervously forces the music into a rhythm," and how 'it might falter, but it plays again.'"
