Poems by popular Ukrainian poet Alexander Volny | Popular Ukrainian poet

Alexander Volny stands as a singular voice in contemporary literature—remarkable not only for his profound poetic insight but also for being the only poet known to have translated his complete body of work into another language: classical Ukrainian 

His verses extend far beyond mere expression; they strive to reveal “the polyphonic harmony of the Universe,” blending allegory with sweeping historical and philosophical vision 

Volny’s poetry is deeply empathetic and historically attuned. He brings cultural epochs to life, offering “realistic… psychological and moral essence” of individuals through vivid allegorical imagery 

His style embraces a synergistic approach: merging scientific, spiritual, and artistic sensibilities to form what has been dubbed “the first global description of the Universe in the language of classical scientific poetry” 

Ultimately, Volny's legacy lies in his commitment to using poetic language as a bridge—across time, cultures, and disciplines. His work continues to inspire a more universal intellectual and spiritual connection, inviting readers into a broader awareness of the human condition and the unfolding cosmic narrative

RHYTHM OF THE UNIVERSE

We live in our Universe,

Arranging backgrounds of life,

For even each chaotic case

Has got its own laws of strife.

The code of godly foundations

Is not superfluous, in the main,

The course of worlds’ generation

Was not thought up by God in vain.

All his creations up on high,

In various systems take up places,

And form the space they occupy,

They radiate opposed vibrations.

In this august illumination,

Which in eternity resides,

Life in some other constellation

Perchance appears or abides.

And with creation of conditions

Of energy and power space,

Good Word comes out as conception

And crowns Godly work with grace.

And thus with our great endeavour

Of the galactic world’s abode,

We try to comprehend as ever

Life which was begot by God.

Expanding ranges of cognition,

Seeing unearthly contradiction,

We long for distant, far off place,

To hug the distant vacuum space.

We look into the distance, and

Right off belief comes forth inside

Where the planet Mars shows red

And when the Venus comes to light.

Only the Jupiter looks sorry

Pronouncing laconic word,

Saying that Saturn’s mighty body

Is twined by Halo of Good Lord.

Tailed comet flying out of cycle,

Making the magic of day dreams,

Singing and dancing in a circle

Around the solar disk, it seems.

Lord purposefully made a point

Of setting up the World Creation,

So that the wholeness might promote

The spheric crystal consummation.

He put the life-asserting sun

In such a way that if some place

Something is lost for good and gone,

It will appear in something else.

For in the cycles of closed orders

There are perpetual transformations

Through the rotation of the bodies

Along with changes and renovations.

And like the ocean water, we

Depart from earth and then again

Descend from heaven just to be

Back home on mother earth as rain.

And putting us in a new frame,

Lord tells never to lose face,

By doing sensible things with aim

And cherishing Belief and Faith.

THE ESSENCE OF BEING

In the absorbing ether, there’s

As ever some alienation,

Yet in this sinful world, the years

Are running with precipitation.

You look upon the whirl of life

Like on a spirited obsession,

Greeting the birth of star above,

Or looking at someone’s life cessation.

And though the endless ether holds

The particles of certain portions,

Imbalances and disproportions

Will not forsake the clashing worlds.

For in this life, for a good cause,

With timeless Universal core,

There is, as everybody knows,

The fact of periodic law.

The Earth derives potential needs

As ever from the outer space,

And meteoritic rain recedes,

Subsides and falls upon on its face.

With energy and power links,

The Planet is beyond compare,

And with the harmony of things,

It is refined, unique and rare.

With its potentials of ages,

It replicates the World’s perfection,

And understanding of simple sages

Will hardly reach Divine Creation.

The more invisible and vague

The outer astral expanse is,

The easier silly people take

Inventions for realities.

Your little round globe, sublime,

Makes up such regulations, as

The eternal little roll of time,

Put into prison cell of hours.

Inertial motion and precession

Of power axis in the process

Creates the luminary gravitation

By means of the inductive forces.

The globe flies round the Solar sphere

Within a chronologic year

And simultaneously makes one

Whole revolution around the Sun.

With creativity in space,

The triumph of the era goes

Through turnabout of Universe

Where time destroys the Natural Course.

DEDICATION TO THE BOOK

The Book!

A realm of knowledge and intelligence,

The source of holy wisdom goal,

With benediction of the legends,

Peacemaking essence of the soul.

With good Lord’s power of inspiration,

Like story of the immortal Being,

It’s Universal bright expression

With words of wisdom, depth and feeling.

So let the momentary transience

Turn lives in starry outer space,

We show eternity in books of sciences

Of Holy Word on Mother Earth!

TO THE GENIUS OF CREATIVITY

Like the first flowers from under the snow,

And water springs from the dry barren land,

The garb of heavenly beauty does show,

The Creator's dream that's truly grand.

Like the whirl of galaxies and planets,

With a cosmic harmony so rare,

The Holy Spirit's moral sunset,

In Love desired and deeply fair.

So your great creativity,

With the harmony of worlds does grow,

Overflowing thoughts of reality,

That with inspiration, our souls do glow.

Grant the insight of the Universe's tongue,

Transforming life with wisdom's light,

That eternally from God is sung,

Spiritual expression of Immortality's might.

BIOGRAPHY OF ALEXANDER VOLNY AND POEMS

Alexander Volny was born on April 13, 1967, in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa region, Ukraine, into a family of intellectuals.
In 1984, he wrote poetic works with a distinctly dissident, anti-Soviet character that contradicted the communist regime's prevailing dogmas. Among them were “Prophecy,” “Memory,” and “The Old Monastery.” He was persecuted by the collapsing totalitarian system for his anti-Soviet works, such as “The Whirlwind of Revolution,” “The Triumph of Truth,” and “Renunciation or The Exit from Hell.”
From 1987 to 1999, he worked on the creation of the "Encyclopedia of Life" and scripts for historical feature films.
In 1999, he founded the International Scientific and Cultural Center “SIGMA” (Social Innovative Geo-Noosphere International Assembly), which generates initiatives aimed at developing progressive areas of society.
In 2000, he initiated the creation of the International Assembly of Public Academies.
In 2012, he was elected chairperson of the International Peace, Literature, and Philosophy Prize in Hong Kong.
In 2012, several leading international academies and organizations nominated him for the John Templeton Prize “For Expanding the Horizons of Human Civilizational Spiritual Exploration.”
In 2013, he initiated the creation of the Assembly of World Progress in Hong Kong to address the global problems facing humanity.
In 2014, he was awarded the title of Academician by the International Academy of Science and Innovative Technologies.
In 2015, he was awarded the title of Academician by the Ukrainian International Academy of Original Ideas.
In 2017, he was a member of the organizing committee of the World Congress of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, attended by representatives of leading scientists from 46 countries. At this World Congress, O. Volny delivered an address to humanity titled “An Appeal to Civilization.”
In 2018, supported by leading international academies, institutes, universities and public organizations, Alexander Volny was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 2019, based on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), and the All-Ukrainian "Knowledge" Society, he created an International Academic Club. This club unites leading scientists from various fields and representatives of the creative intelligentsia,  focused on spiritual, cultural, and scientific progress for the benefit of humanity.
In 2020, he founded the International Charitable Fund for the Development of World Culture. Its goal is to promote charity in the field of world culture. The Fund unites representatives of the creative intelligentsia dedicated to creation for the prosperity of humanity.
In 2022, he was elected Vice-President of the International Academy of Science and Innovative Technologies.
The goal of life of Alexander Volny is to reveal to humanity the true meaning of Divine Creation through the expression of the polyphonic harmony of the Universe in all manifestations of life.
 
He is the author of the six-volume poetic scientific and philosophical work "The Science of Life" and "The Universe of the Soul".
In 2025, the works of Alexander Volny were published by the Dutch publishing house Glagoslav Publications.