Flying Over the Waters, by Olga Trubetskoy

Poetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

"Take a walk in the wilderness with Olga Trubetskoy as your friend and guide in these fleeting meditations on a graceful cosmos that enfolds us in mercy where and as we are. Shadows and light play on shimmering fish scales that merge with reflections of dancing trees in the still cool presence of speckled  rocks resting like mute frogs on dappled river bottoms. Waterbugs sport valiantly on the surface tensions of swirling lake waters: a miracle which almost no one pauses to marvel upon.

Clouds find their voices through heraldic peepings of great flocks of migrating white tundra swans. Autumn leaves are golden boats that carry us into the beyond and fluffy white cottonwood seeds bestowing their lavish grace upon everyone.

Tall prairie grasses form castles of unknown kingdoms.Their seeds travel on the winds as mystic explorers.They (and we by way of identification) go where life takes us in these naturalist’s gypsy songs about traveling as a way of being still and belonging, and vice versa.  

One water lily blooms like a star at the bottom of a pool of muddy water and only the most tender and fragile flowers survive hailstorms. Perhaps it is true that the meek shall inherit the earth.

Layers of meaning are revealed upon reading and re-reading these gentle poems. The reader is invited to slow down and look through the poet’s invisible camera obscura where sparks of resilience and beauty are revealed through a revolving kaleidoscope of seasons and life."

—Margaret Schneider

Olga Trubetskoy is a scientist, poet, and musician. Born in the depth of Russian woods, she followed musical and literary trails from Dollywood to Walden Pond and finally landed on the shores of Lake Mendota in Wisconsin. She now lives with her husband in Middleton enjoying singing, playing balalaika and piano, early morning and late-night walks around kettle ponds, kayaking and camping in the woods, and any time conversations with friends and family around the fire. Olga is a member of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and her works appeared in the anthology Where the Mountains Were (Cuttlefish Books), WFOP calendars of 2023-2026 and FOMP annual newsletter. Illustrated bilingual books of Olga’s poetry Galactic Tales (co-authors of Ivan Andreev, Elizabeth Bueno, Hazel Carter and Marcus Bullock) are available on Amazon.