Mykyta Ryzhykh, tombboy (Lost Telegram Press)

Mykyta Ryzhykh is the author of the poetry collection tombboy (Lost Telegram Press). Mykyta’s poetry has also appeared in The Gravity of the Thing’s Summer 2025 issue, Winter 2024 issue, and Winter 2023 issue.

Loneliness is a Room | Mykyta Ryzhykh

"If anyone knows where this tlanguage of rocks leads then it's a trap / A dead end for people who are looking for something resembling the truth / We drowned like drowned men who have swum out three times..."

Untitled Poem | Mykyta Ryzhykh

"Buried under the grass is a home for worms and insects / The buried has no room for error..." Mykyta Ryzhykh publishes internationally in both Ukrainian and English.

Untitled Poem | Mykyta Ryzhykh

"air swallows me and I get inside the pump / it's dark but dry / my soul's cheeseburger is stripped of any sauce / I want to drink / this pump pumps air after a nuclear explosion..."