Ukrainian
Windmills - KIEV
Windmill
by Faye Heffington
Once
and again there are symbols to see,
Quiet and alone they are in print or standing free.
Elegant and simplified sometimes, they are called logos,
Reaching around us with a simple embrace while life flows.
Windmill's of time's song, always turning,
Have we glimpsed the mastery of your learning?
Is there someway you in your shattered, shabby stance,
Can spin again the tales, while you still stand with circled
lance?
You have cut through the charging, jerking, lurking wind,
Made it serve us as a friend.
No one gave you, your metal, because you arose so
humble,
Dressed in the roughest of lumber, built with hands not to
fumble.
In those days our grandfather rode alone and free,
Set a well, erected a windmill, asked no one to agree.
He didn't ask questions of some entity called I.H.S.
Didn't ride to town for taxes, tags for car insurance, to
confess.
Simple windmill all that is left of a softer, more loving, sweet
way,
I'm sorry to see you disappear from our landscape no longer to
play,
With the elements while facing their bitter or soft
refrain,
Turning, ever, and ever, not stopping to complain.
PARKING
There is a parking lot
(N50 21.186 E30 30.232) at the entrance as well as a small
convenience store where you can buy water, drinks and some snacks.
On national holidays there is usually a special program.
DRIVING
DIRECTIONS
To drive to
Pirogovo head down Krasnoarmyiska, at the end turn right to
Druzhby Narodov, pass Moskovska ploshad
and follow signs to Zhytomir
& Odessa. Pass Holosiivskyi
Park (Exhibition center) and continue straight until you
reach the Ring Road (Okruzhnaya).
Exit under the bridge to get on Okruzhnaya, once there follow signs to
Kharkov. When the road narrows,
the division between the lanes disappears and you see green
hills in front of you, watch for a violet gas station. When
you pass that, take the first U-Turn, go back about 300
meters and take first right - there you will see a sign in
Russian saying 'Muzey'. Or use
Marshrutka 156 from metro
Lybydskaya.
Parking lot
coordinates: N50 21.186 E30 30.232.
CACHE
Find most beautiful
windmills and search around for: N50 21.343 E30 30.662. Cache
buried between 2 young oaks on the left from the
path.