Happiness Black
needle craving
god tear my skin
need thirst for happiness black
nausea the color
of an unexploded grenade
bird is torn in the air
clogged with mines
©2023 Mykyta Ryzhykh All rights reserved.
Winner of the international competition «Art Against Drugs», bronze medalist of the festival Chestnut House, laureate of the literary competition named after Tyutyunnik. Nominated for Pushcart Prize.
Published in the journals Dzvin, Ring A, Polutona, Rechport, Topos, Articulation, Formaslov, Colon, Literature Factory, Literary Chernihiv, Tipton Poetry Journal , Stone Poetry Journal, Divot journal , dyst journal, Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Alternate Route , Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal, Littoral Press , Book of Matches , on the portals Literary Center and Soloneba, in the Ukrainian literary newspaper, Ice Floe Press.