Ilya אש Ash
@ash.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy
poet and journalist based in and around jerusalem
• worked in two media outlets currently banned/closed in russia
• used to do a book news segment on the radio
• aliyah'24 […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://zirk.us/@ash, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
• worked in two media outlets currently banned/closed in russia
• used to do a book news segment on the radio
• aliyah'24 […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://zirk.us/@ash, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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New Comic Strip Found: Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler
Too Much Coffee Man - 2025-12-30 https://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/2025/12/30
#comicstrip #toomuchcoffeeman
Too Much Coffee Man - 2025-12-30 https://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/2025/12/30
#comicstrip #toomuchcoffeeman
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
New Comic Strip Found: Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler
Too Much Coffee Man - 2025-12-30 https://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/2025/12/30
#comicstrip #toomuchcoffeeman
Too Much Coffee Man - 2025-12-30 https://www.gocomics.com/toomuchcoffeeman/2025/12/30
#comicstrip #toomuchcoffeeman
December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I finally dropped a stack of books on the local bookcrossing shelf, a year later than anticipated.
I came back with a small hardcover book, The Nature of Poetry (1946).
The basic framework proposed in this book remains relevant today, albeit with some marginal […]
[Original post on zirk.us]
I came back with a small hardcover book, The Nature of Poetry (1946).
The basic framework proposed in this book remains relevant today, albeit with some marginal […]
[Original post on zirk.us]
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I finally dropped a stack of books on the local bookcrossing shelf, a year later than anticipated.
I came back with a small hardcover book, The Nature of Poetry (1946).
The basic framework proposed in this book remains relevant today, albeit with some marginal […]
[Original post on zirk.us]
I came back with a small hardcover book, The Nature of Poetry (1946).
The basic framework proposed in this book remains relevant today, albeit with some marginal […]
[Original post on zirk.us]
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Jerusalem doctor Meir Antopolsky told that recently, one elderly patient of his grumbled after listening to the medical recommendations: “Oh, I visited another Russian doctor once, He also suggested I quit smoking”.
It was Jewish poet Shaul Tchernichovsky (he died in 1943).
(03/03)
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It was Jewish poet Shaul Tchernichovsky (he died in 1943).
(03/03)
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December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Jerusalem doctor Meir Antopolsky told that recently, one elderly patient of his grumbled after listening to the medical recommendations: “Oh, I visited another Russian doctor once, He also suggested I quit smoking”.
It was Jewish poet Shaul Tchernichovsky (he died in 1943).
(03/03)
@bookstodon
It was Jewish poet Shaul Tchernichovsky (he died in 1943).
(03/03)
@bookstodon
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Polina Barskova, poet and researcher of the cultural life during the Siege of Leningrad, once told that she was giving a lesson to her students in some old bookstore in Amherst. After the lecture, the owner came to her: “There was another Russian here once. He used to fall from his chair all the […]
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zirk.us
December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Polina Barskova, poet and researcher of the cultural life during the Siege of Leningrad, once told that she was giving a lesson to her students in some old bookstore in Amherst. After the lecture, the owner came to her: “There was another Russian here once. He used to fall from his chair all the […]
A fool. Not as a “moron”, but “bonkers”. Like Aleister Crowley.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A fool. Not as a “moron”, but “bonkers”. Like Aleister Crowley.
@bookstodon
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I'm keeping reading Shklovsky. This paragraph is not that funny for a non-Russian ear, but it reminded me of two great anecdotes I want to share. (01/03)
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December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm keeping reading Shklovsky. This paragraph is not that funny for a non-Russian ear, but it reminded me of two great anecdotes I want to share. (01/03)
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#bookstodon #prose #literature #Russian #poets #anecdotes
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#bookstodon #prose #literature #Russian #poets #anecdotes
Yesterday, I was reading Shklovsky and stumbled upon this unexpectedly chilling short text. I translated it for you (although I just googled that the book itself *is* available in English, if you decide to read it from start to finish).
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#bookstodon #prose #literature #Russian
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#bookstodon #prose #literature #Russian
![THE RED ELEPHANT
The red elephant, my son's toy, you'll be the first invited into my book, so all the other wouldn't be vain.
The red elephant squeaks and whines. All the rubber toys should be squeaking, otherwise why would the air came out them&
So, despite the writings of [Alfred] Brehm, the red elephant squeaks and whines. And I'm writing in my nest high above Arbat street.
A rare bird would reach me without losing its breath. My nest braked my habit of long breaths.
My son is laughing.
He laughed when he saw the horse for the first time. He thought that it made itself four legs and a long face as a joke.
We all manufactured in different shapes, but we all have the same voice, if we're squeezed.
— Move aside, red elephant. I want to see the life without a jest and to tell it something with my voice through the squeaker.
This is the end of a feuilleton.
VICTOR SHKLOVSKY. THIRD FACTORY (1926)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4c3pw5vcyft6bouckr37e33v/bafkreifhvk7vckxfff5nkkrzz5kopqc675ghri3daixpysuclqrxasewle@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yesterday, I was reading Shklovsky and stumbled upon this unexpectedly chilling short text. I translated it for you (although I just googled that the book itself *is* available in English, if you decide to read it from start to finish).
@bookstodon
#bookstodon #prose #literature #Russian
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#bookstodon #prose #literature #Russian
Few years ago at the bar in Jerusalem I met Ariel — he was pouring me beer. We got talking; the conversation turned to music, turned out he’s the vocalist of a metal band where he uses throat singing, which he discovered after stumbling upon an album by Sergey Starostin + Huun-Huur-Tu (you […]
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zirk.us
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Few years ago at the bar in Jerusalem I met Ariel — he was pouring me beer. We got talking; the conversation turned to music, turned out he’s the vocalist of a metal band where he uses throat singing, which he discovered after stumbling upon an album by Sergey Starostin + Huun-Huur-Tu (you […]
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
THIRD CANDLE
as
we
were
trying
to hold
on
were
we
alive
grasping
pitiful
memory of self
it's pitfalls
moist golden dirt
as the desert winter
reigns and everything's
blooming
and the electric candle
of the recollection is dimming
as the distant scream
touches you
in a flicker
@bookstodon […]
as
we
were
trying
to hold
on
were
we
alive
grasping
pitiful
memory of self
it's pitfalls
moist golden dirt
as the desert winter
reigns and everything's
blooming
and the electric candle
of the recollection is dimming
as the distant scream
touches you
in a flicker
@bookstodon […]
Original post on zirk.us
zirk.us
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
THIRD CANDLE
as
we
were
trying
to hold
on
were
we
alive
grasping
pitiful
memory of self
it's pitfalls
moist golden dirt
as the desert winter
reigns and everything's
blooming
and the electric candle
of the recollection is dimming
as the distant scream
touches you
in a flicker
@bookstodon […]
as
we
were
trying
to hold
on
were
we
alive
grasping
pitiful
memory of self
it's pitfalls
moist golden dirt
as the desert winter
reigns and everything's
blooming
and the electric candle
of the recollection is dimming
as the distant scream
touches you
in a flicker
@bookstodon […]
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
YURII SOLOMKO
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1
before this war
the cats were thoughtful and meek
2
before that winter
the house dogs went into packs
3
after this war
there will be dogs
who changed two or three names
4
after that winter
there will be cats who have visited several countries
and returned to […]
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1
before this war
the cats were thoughtful and meek
2
before that winter
the house dogs went into packs
3
after this war
there will be dogs
who changed two or three names
4
after that winter
there will be cats who have visited several countries
and returned to […]
Original post on zirk.us
zirk.us
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
YURII SOLOMKO
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1
before this war
the cats were thoughtful and meek
2
before that winter
the house dogs went into packs
3
after this war
there will be dogs
who changed two or three names
4
after that winter
there will be cats who have visited several countries
and returned to […]
(Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1
before this war
the cats were thoughtful and meek
2
before that winter
the house dogs went into packs
3
after this war
there will be dogs
who changed two or three names
4
after that winter
there will be cats who have visited several countries
and returned to […]