The Forties, by Boris Dralyuk The forties, fateful, /
warring, frontline, /
with funeral notices, /
clattering trains. /
The hum of the rails. /
All is cold, high and bar...
The Forties, by Olga Dumer Who can forget the fatal forties, /
The rampant firing of mortars, /
The letters turning faces ashen /
Their formal words "was killed in action"...