From Kyiv Golden Gate to San Francisco Golden Gate

By Anna Sonin Tsipenyuk

About the book
The Ancient Kyiv, called then The Mother
of all Russian cities had the Golden Gate the main
city entrance, constructed in the eleventh century, and
reconstructed in the twentieth century.
Thats why the book was named after two
famous Golden Gates of Kyiv and San Francisco.
This is the first book of poems
written in English by the bilingual poet.
Some poems of this book, written in Kyiv,
were translated from Russian by the author,
the rest are written originally in English.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 22, 2009
• ISBN: 9781469123226

Anna Sonin Tsipenyuk

About the author Anna L.Sonin Tsipenyuk came to America, San Francisco from Kyiv, then the capital of Ukrainian Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, in 1995 as a refugee. She began writing verses in Russian at the age of ten. In her fifteen she tried to translate some Longfellow’s verses into Russian. While studying English at the Kyiv Pedagogical Institute, she began writing poems in English. But then, not being able to find a job after graduating from this institute with a diploma ”Cum Lauder,” began studying again to become a Master of Civil Engineering. Two previous books of poetry in Russian were published by this author in 1995 in Kyiv, and in 2003 in San Francisco. The poems, included in this book, have been regularly published in the magazine “Poems of the World,” (from2001year till now), and in the annual collections of poetry with the “International Society of poets.” In 2003 the poet has received “The Laureate Certificate” in recognition of successful completion of “Creative Poetry Expression Course” with the Inter- national Library of Poets. She is taking part in the “Poets Eleven”, the annual poetry reading in San Francisco Public Library, and several other places in the city. The poet was working in San Francisco for eight years as a social worker. Has a family. In 2009 became a great grandmother.

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Copyright © 2009 by Anna Sonin Tsipenyuk.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgement and Information

Introduction

PART 1

From Kyiv Golden Gate to

San Francisco Golden Gate

Escape

Named by Saint Francis

Multicolor Song

To the new citizens of U.S.A.

The Worlds of Poetry

The Verse Like Woman

Writing the Tercet

To the Young Poet, Yanika

Schneider

Oh, Poor Me!

The Smell of Coffee

Grandpa, Grandma—Prodigies

The Sex Minorities’ Best Wish

The Party (Anecdote)

TV Show from the Wax Museum

Wedding Song

Halloween Guests:

Fair

Vampire

Ninja-Karatist

Ghost

Old Wizard

Young Wizard

Death

Winter in California

In the Morning

To My Dog

PART 2

Portrait on the wall

My Essence

Answering the UFO—

the Unknown Flying Object

In the Ocean of Life

The Grandfather’s Scissors

But… Yourself

A Favorite Teacher

The Prophetic Dream

Recollection

The Costly Gift

Ode to Yelena

From the Sonnets to My Son.

Mother’s Love

Admonitions to my Son

Changing Roles

PART 3

The War, Artist and his Prints

The Key Sonnet

For my dear family:

David, Yelena, Yevgeniy,

Yekaterina, Scott

and Kirill

Acknowledgement and Information

My loving thanks to: Elma Photikarm,

Art Holcomb, Blanche Bebb, Leo Rytburd, Yelena

Tsipenyuk, Yekaterina and Scott O’Neil(reading,

editing), Helen Bond (cover design), David and Eugene

Tsipenyuk, (photographs) for their work and support.

Introduction

The interview given by Mrs. Anna (A)

to the family magazine Primus (P)

P. Mrs. Anna, I know you were born in Ukraine, then a republic of the Soviet Union, in the year sadly known as the hunger plague. What type of feelings did you experience that time?

A. As it was said in one of the Soviet anecdotes, "Feeling of hunger, feeling of cold, and that of big gratitude to