Akhmatova Poems - Poems about Akhmatova

... “A land not mine, still forever memorable, the waters of its ocean chill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk, and the air drunk, like wine, late sun lays bare the rosy limbs ......Read the rest...

...Her restraint ne'er beholden to a closed entity, but to turn the key that unlocks the shackles that hinder one’s poetic pen, utmost words to cascade into the annals of history, Bard to reveal dec......Read the rest...

...THE MUSE by Anna Akhmatova This is my English translation of a Russian poem by Anna Akhmatova… The MUSE by Anna Akhmatova loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch My being hang......Read the rest...

...Could you be my dream more rarely, because we so often meet, but temple of dark's seen barely with sadness of yours that's sweet. And Seraph's laud is not sweeter than flattery of your lips. ......Read the rest...

...I Know The Truth by Marina Tsvetaeva loose translation by Michael R. Burch I know the truth?abandon lesser truths! There's no need for anyone living to struggle! See? Evening falls, night quic......Read the rest...

...Like on edge of a wetted cloud I remember your speech, my sound makes more brighter again your night than the glory of their daylight. And we are out of land, you know, We're so high, like the s......Read the rest...

...Like white stone in the deep of well a moment lies in me and I remember, Ah, it is fun, it's suffering, I tell, I cannot fight, I'm ready to surrender. It seems to me there's someone who can st......Read the rest...

...With serpent it's woven in clew near heart it makes sorcery truly, with pigeon all days it is new, It's cooing in white window newly. Then in a bright frost it will spark, In slumber of gillyf......Read the rest...

...On Reading Akhmatova by Rick Folker Kansas City, MO ...delighted in deliriums, In singing about tombs. I distributed misfortunes… … But I am not allowed to forget The taste of the tears o......Read the rest...

...I squeezed hands under veil of the darkness... "You are pale today, tell me, why?" Because I gave him drink with tart sadness to be drunk to regret and to cry. Can't forget, he walked out and h......Read the rest...

...for Anna Akhmatova This is easy living Waiting for the Muse to arrive whispering sweet lullabies into my plume You may get a bout of insomnia, or wake up before sunrise, or stay up into ......Read the rest...

......dedicated to the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Her cranium, its bumps and hollows, cradles secrets stored beneath, neurons firing, never tiring of their journeys to belief. Thin vibrat......Read the rest...

......dedicated to the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Her cranium, its bumps and hollows, cradles secrets stored beneath, neurons firing, never tiring of their journeys to belief. Thin vibrations mo......Read the rest...

...Heart's memory of sun grows fainter, What now? Darkness? Perhaps! This very night unfolds the winter. -- Anna Akhmatova I remember the summer of yesterdays, folded neatly like little lea......Read the rest...

...I used to wonder Who is the lady pictured? She must run this site. Then I saw a photograph Of Anna Akhmatova... I used to think the famous Russian poet, often pictured in Team PS blogs, was a member......Read the rest...