The Poetry book of Snow and Birds and Nothing Else

To Karly and Kathrin

                                        – Ruslana

Table of Contents

Page 3 Ruslana

Page 5 The Pencil Parrot

Page 7 The Budgie who Loved Cheesecake

Page 9 Stowfall

Page 11 The Rainarian

Page 13 SNowflakes

Page 15 The Rainforest

Ruslana

By Ruslana Krakadzeyava

Ruslana

Cheerful, Unique, Artistic, Intelligent

Sister of Yan and Ruzhana, Cousin of Sasha, Michael, Bella

Lover of birds, nature, music

Who feels Fear, anger, joy

Who fears sharks, drowning, darkness

Who accomplished being put in the GT class, swimming underwater, acting in a play

Who dreams to discover a new type of bird, start a café, going on a cruise

New Jersey

Krakadzeyava

The Pencil Parrot

By Ruslana Krakadzeyava

There once was a parrot named Harper

She loved to make sharp pencils sharper

When they asked her why

She fly from the sky

And say that it made her look proper

The budgie who loved cheesecake

By Ruslana Krakadzeyava

There once was a budgie who was very shy

She liked frozen cheesecake and her first name was fly

But when she saw avocado

She screeched and flew to Chicago

Where there was no cheesecake to buy

Snowfall

By Ruslana Krakadzeyava

Strong winds blow snow everywhere

Nothing to be seen through the white

One-degree weather everywhere in the area

Winter days always bring snowstorms

Falling snowflakes float down to the ground

All the rooftops are covered in white powder

Light flakes settle everywhere

Little avalanches roll off rooftops

Meet The Rainarian

By Ruslana Krakadzeyava

Let’s meet the Rainarian

The Rainarian resides in a rusty, radiant, radish in Rajkot

The Rainarian relentlessly regales on raisins, rhubarb, and raspberries, with really radioactive rye

The Rainarian revels in rubies, radical remixes, rajahs, and rampant raffs

The Rainarian is reluctant to ramble about rambunctious racoons’ riddles

A Rainarian reminded me to rapidly relax rabid rats

Snowflakes

By Ruslana Krakadzeyava

Snowflakes gently fall

White snow flurries around

Beautiful, white skies