Long Leningrad Poems

The ride to the country is uneventful
Except that I feel a little like
A man riding inside a cannon ball.
Yuliya's father Igor drives
I'm also up front (the honored guest)       ...

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As Barbarossa roars into the East.
its southern barb cut swiftly to the core.
And as it raged the slaughtering increased,
consuming any force that stood before.
His swift barrage devoured the ranks of Red
as iron divisions consummated death.
These...

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A new command would counter their attack
to stay the storm that harkens at your door.
‘Twould be a feat that stunned the iron pack
for nothing dared defy the wolves before. 
And though his pack could see...

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THE      ICEBREAKER     KRASIN    -     DAVID    AND   GOLIATH



Between the docks* for   cruise ships...

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Adorning the walls at Brigham and Women's
Head on his hand quite comfortably resting
The subject distinctive in his smiling position
Inspires the asking who is this physician

Over his shoulder an old time sea captain
And over the other...

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The huddled elite of Europe were in an unprepossessing state 

as pouring rain was damping their hopes for their future reign. 

These were the best: brilliant, beautiful and young that we oldies 

can attest. Their...

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Dedicated to memory of my mother-in-law, 

                          Nina Mihalova 

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“Ukraine, Dare We Compare”

Dare we compare?
Does history tell?
Must we remind those 
Who reek of Hell?

900 days---- 

The siege of Leningrad,
Over 1.5 million starved, frozen or killed.
Is this your legacy?
The blood on your hands 
Runs cold....

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A man lies dying, a victim of a cause
his name not important, nor the time of his fall
Impaled in Romania, or crucified for the glory of Rome
cut are the sinews of conscience, dangling from a...

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Ah, what beauty around!
This day began deliberately.
Even the sky and river Neva have a same a blue colour.
Between them domes fly,
and a thin steeple rises
with a little gold ship at the top.
In the Smolny Cathedral,
the...

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What a delight to realize, 
While on my way to Leningrad, 
You've given me my first 'White Night' -
A day stretched out before my eyes, 
A night that won't exist for me, 
As 'out of...

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Life is a diary waiting to be written

Observe
what is obvious
what is hidden
what is experienced
what is felt

A record of life
by day
by week
by year
by any moment

Twelve diary disciples did just that
Procession 1492 Columbus - America first
Progression 1660...

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UNDER  HERO  CITY


Now  bravely  the beloved general
Leaves  the world of parade and medal.
Manoeuvres over,  he does not stay
In   night’s  Volkovskoye   -   ...

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Sent
Sent out in our steel coffins to hunt enemy ships now the siege of Leningrad is broken, into the Baltic for some payback. Doing our duty for the Motherland in the Great Patriotic War, against...

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I wonder if the homes in Venice
Have Venetian blinds;
Or if their window panes are topped
With shades of different kinds?

Are English muffins eaten
By the British with their tea?
Would Parisians recognize French toast?
I doubt they’d answer “Oui!”

If,...

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Leningrad...
   You are a city of Romance,
   a place to take a chance.
   Land of golden domes,
   far away from home.

   A city filled with...

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