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the second poem began as an erasure of “Freedom and Terror in the Donbas” by Hiroaki Kuromiya.

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February 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
in the late 1980s, 25+ towns on the Dniester River were flooded to build a hydroelectric station; the people were forcibly displaced and relocated to towns at the edge of the bay that covers their homes. this poem is inspired by my interviews with women who archived the history of their lost town.
January 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM