[grumbling about the Guardian's Bookmarks literature newsletter transforming to a rich-on-word blogpost rather than a collection of readable pieces]

"Our peace-loving neighbor is fixing his peaceful roof,
patching leaks caused by April showers and H.A.I.L. rockets."

Lyudmyla Khersonska has a way with words.

Freely available translations along with Ukrainian originals:

www.wordsforwar.com/lyudmyla-khe...

Loads of spelling mistakes in this.

Here are my book recommendations for the new year:

Read the books you already bought.