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Ukraine 1 year on: Would I Be Brave Enough?

02.24.2023 by Scott Coe // Leave a Comment

One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A video version of ‘Would I Be Brave Enough?’ A poem written in tribute to the people of Ukraine and also people brave enough to protest in Russia, against Putin’s illegal aggression.
Originally written in the first few weeks of the war, as well as English, it has since been translated into Ukrainian , Russian & Farsi

Would I Be Brave Enough?

Categories // Blog, Poetry Tags // Poem, Poetry, Stamford Poet Laureate, Tribute, Ukraine, Video, War

‘Would I Be Brave Enough’ = ‘Достало ль бы храбрости мне’

10.30.2022 by Scott Coe // Leave a Comment

This is my recent poem and its translation into Russian.
It’s already been translated into Ukrainian which you can find here
A version in Farsi (Persian) is coming soon

‘Would I Be Brave Enough’

Would I be brave enough?
To pick up a gun
To defend my people
From being overrun

Would I be brave enough?
To make a stand
To challenge a soldier
Who’s invaded my land

Would I be brave enough?
To defy my orders
To lay down my gun
And stop the slaughter

Would I be brave enough?
To join a protest
Against a dictator
And risk arrest

And would I be brave enough?
To face him down
And put a bullet
Into his crown

Would I be brave enough?
To wear the shoes
Of all the brave souls
I see on the news.

(c) Scott Coe March 2022

‘Достало ль бы храбрости мне’

Достало ль бы храбрости мне?
Взять оружие в руки,
Чтоб народ свой пойти защищать
От тех, кто не с миром пришёл.

Достало ль бы храбрости мне?
Быть сильным и твердым
Чтобы вызов воину бросить,
Что с мечом в дом мой пришёл.

Достало ль бы храбрости мне?
Чтобы нарушить приказ,
И оружие в ножны убрать,
И бойню остановить?

Достало ль бы храбрости мне?
Протестовать, не подчиняться
Диктатору,
Пусть даже тюрьма впереди.

И достало ль бы храбрости мне?
Его кровью руки обагрить,
Если бы мне выпал шанс,
С него корону сорвать.

Достало ль бы храбрости мне?
Оказаться на месте
Всех тех храбрецов,
О которых я слышу из новостей.

(C) Scott Coe March 2022, Russian translation by Polina Holina

Categories // Blog, Poetry Tags // Poem, Poetry, Protests, Russia, Stamford Poet Laureate, Ukraine, War

‘Would I Be Brave Enough’ = ’Чи був би я достатньо сміливим‘

07.01.2022 by Scott Coe // Leave a Comment

This is my recent poem and it’s translation into Ukrainian as performed at an welcome meal in Stamford in June 2022.

‘Would I Be Brave Enough’

Would I be brave enough?
To pick up a gun
To defend my people
From being overrun

Would I be brave enough?
To make a stand
To challenge a soldier
Who’s invaded my land

Would I be brave enough?
To defy my orders
To lay down my gun
And stop the slaughter

Would I be brave enough?
To join a protest
Against a dictator
And risk arrest

And would I be brave enough?
To face him down
And put a bullet
Into his crown

Would I be brave enough?
To wear the shoes
Of all the brave souls
I see on the news.

(c) Scott Coe March 2022

‘Чи був би я достатньо сміливим’

Чи був би я достатньо сміливим?
Щоб взяти пістолет
Щоб захищати свій народ
Від спустошення

Чи був би я достатньо сміливим?
Щоб дати відсіч
Щоб кинути виклик солдату,
Який вторгся на мою землю

Чи був би я достатньо сміливим?
Щоб порушити віддані накази
Щоб відкласти пістолет
І припинити різанину

Чи був би я достатньо сміливим?
Щоб приєднатися до протесту
Проти диктатора
Ризикуючи бути арештованим

І чи вистачить мені сміливості?
Щоб залякати його
І увігнати кулю
В його корону

Чи був би я достатньо сміливим?
Щоб уявити себе на місці
Усіх тих сміливих душ,
Що я бачу в новинах.

(C) Scott Coe March 2022, Ukrainian translation by Iryna Tomash, Alex Palii & Mari.

Categories // Blog, Poetry Tags // Poem, Poetry, Protests, Russia, Stamford Poet Laureate, Ukraine, War

About Scott

Scott Coe is a performance poet and artist, and is the former Poet Laureate of Stamford. He believes poetry should always be written from the heart – it’s all about feeling and is always at it’s best when written in the moment, when the thoughts run straight from your soul to the pen.

He also has keen interests in visual and audio arts and is working on new projects in these areas.

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