My Featured Blogger this week is Tetiana (Tati) Aleksina of Unbolt Me. English is not Tati’s native language, but you’d never know it. Her unexpected, sometimes startling (and occasionally profane) poetry is more nuanced than that of most born-to-it speaker/bloggers. (She shares her blog site with Tony Single, incidentally, and sometimes co-writes with him.)
“Absurdism, fantasy, surrealism.” These are words Tati uses to describe her writing. True enough, but most of all, I think, she simply captures impressions, as many of the best poets do,
That reveal more than mere facts ever could.
there are many things
i just cannot comprehend
why give them head space
why enshrine them in my heart
go ahead and call me fool
i wish only peace
serenity for the soul
merely do my best
i don’t need to beat a drum
nor have any notice me
someone conquers mars
someone sells bad bananas
someone invents worth
none of this matters to me
remember? i am a fool
you can laugh at me
but when you’ve become bankrupt
(i don’t mean money)
i’ll be gone, so far away
basking in another day
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2019
Mitch Teemley 
Thanks so much, Mitch. Tati and I had a lot of fun writing this one!
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I love them! They’ been around for years and are a great team! Clever, witty, quick with the quips, and talented too. Great selection, Mitch!
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*They’ve been around
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Lovely piece–evocative and stirring. : )
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