Alexey Deyneko

Alexey Deyneko is a pacifist who lives and contemplates the interconnections between different art forms in Sydney, the city that inspires him in a variety of delightful ways. He holds a media degree from the University of New South Wales.

Alexey’s micro-chapbook, Non-Fungible Token, is published by the Origami Poems Project. His work has appeared in Jersey Devil Press, The Raven Review, New Note Poetry, dadakuku, and Quibble.

* 2023 Update: Alexey's poem Non-Fungible Token was nominated by the Origami Poems Project for the annual Pushcart Prize.

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► Alexey's microchap is available below. Download the single-page PDF by clicking the title.

Origami Microchap

Non-Fungible Token

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Alexey Deyneko BioCVR Non Fungible Token 2023

Cover design by author

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Non-Fungible Token

If your token is non-fungible,
It, by definition, is:

Non-yeastable,
Non-rustable,
Non-smutable,
Non-mildewble,
Non-moldable,
And non-mushroomable

At the same time.

If you want to add
Even more value to your token,
Make it non-oomycetable
As well, just in case.

Oomycetes are very fungi-like too.

Science communication

Meine liebe Mutter,
I would like to tell you…
I’m not as lazy
As you would have thought.

The second law,
We’re all supposed to follow,
Does not allow me…

Entropy, you know.

Like a book

If you read me like a book,
Please read aloud.

I’d like to listen to
What I am.

Subway

I wonder why those things
We sometimes do
Are called submissions?

Is that because they too
Try to subdue
Our subtle missions?

To check if this is true
I told some dude
To submit on Sunday.

And more,
Much more than this,
I did it subway.

Submerged rocks

Being submerged is considered
To be very cool here in Australia.
Just yesterday, walking along

One of Sydney’s Northern Beaches,
I saw this reminder once again:

Submerged rocks.

Not this time

“Not this time,”
She whispered
And left me

With a long-lasting
Sense of her kiss
On my cheek.

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