Perfection is:
A fine-wrought phrase
A caress of light and shadow
on a Sensuous Smile
A ridge of peaks
gilded by the Sun
A desert vista
painted by the Moon
An idea
that pierces convention
A melody
that charms the chalice of the Soul
A face
that illuminates your heart.
.
© Kazkar Babiy MCMLXXXIV Venice
when
prisms facet chameleons
where
mimes eulogize allegories of Abraxas
wharving
the Golden Fleece
wherrying
offerings to the burning cross
wailing
messiah clones worry Jerusalem’s Wall
wholly
perverted virgins garrote holy hordes
while
infinity betokes reality’s end and death carves
wonders
on the face of eternity.
© Kazkar Babiy MCMLXXVI Topanga
02.10.2025 / Culture as Security
02.10.2025 / Culture as Security by Larissa Babij OCT 11, 2025
Greetings from autumn Kyiv — cold, drizzly, and still the capital of the free world! While I’m gradually coming back to my own writing, I’ve spent most of the past several months editing and translating the writing of others. It’s rewarding work and I’m delighted to present the new issue of the London Ukrainian Review on Culture as Security!
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