Is there modern Belarusian literature? Have young Belarusian poets cropped up after a period prolific in great writers? These are the questions we ask after flipping through textbooks offered by contemporary “educators.” The collection of poems by Rahned Malakhouski is an argument to counter statements that the best works of literature were created in the past. The young poet with a range of creative interests invites readers to his world of imaginative interpretation. Poems by Rahned Malakhouski are comprehensible to anyone despite his age, smooth and restrained without kitsch in pursuit of modern trends. The poetry is the author’s confession. He sincerely expresses his feelings in verses imbued with a native spirit. The accurate images, the balanced completeness of poems and the lively language will not leave Belarusian poetry fans indifferent. (Z.K.)