In Our Hearts and Prayers
...“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the l...
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Categories:
aleksandr, conflict, political, war,
Form: Villanelle
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
...Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Imprisoned under the communist dictatorship
Of Joseph Stalin,
Survived the horrific conditions
Of the Gulag Archipelago,
And believed that all these
Terrible atrocit...
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Categories:
aleksandr, courage, discrimination, hate, political,
Form: Free verse
50 Words For Poe: Immaculate
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"50 Words for Poe: Immaculate"
Love Immaculate
Souls now in sync
Souls merge in time
Powerful Immaculate
Hunger comes fast
Hunger for Lo...
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Categories:
aleksandr, dark, freedom, judgement, love
Form: Free verse
The Tale of Tzar Saltan, (Flight of the Bumblebee)
...Swan-Bird; instruct me and pray ye swift
That I might show (Babs) as villainous
For he forced Father's self-abolishment to his beloved gift
Thrice- as insect- my revenge has proven venomous
So ou...
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Categories:
aleksandr, music
Form: Quintain (English)