Pushkin Poems

nude

from top to bottom, like a
root,
she stretched across the entire 
canvas,

eyes, petals, closed 
                  ~ arms ~ melting ~ beewax ~ liquid ~ imitating
water ~ 


            

If you knew

If you knew...
That the one who tore you in two, and
Made you
One with the earth,
And
The one who glues you,
Unites you, petal by petal,
Contributes to your happiness...

If you knew...?
Would you shed another tear?

Alexander Pushkin translations by Michael R Burch

Habit is Heaven's tame redress:
it tugs down the skirts of Happiness.
—Alexander Pushkin, translation by Michael R. Burch

Till, conquered by gusts of cold air,
as Winter approaches, I find,
on a branch that is otherwise bare,
trembling, a leaf left behind.
—Alexander Pushkin, translation by Michael R. Burch

Whom to love, to trust and treasure,
who won’t betray us in the end?
Whose

Clerihew Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin playwright &poet
considered the most talented Russian yet
He started in his mid teens
& explored thr social activist scene

From

our dying kiss
two babies were born
with flying wings

Pushkin Translation: I Loved You

I Loved You
by Alexander Pushkin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
I loved you once … perhaps I love you still …
perhaps such erratic flickerings remain.
But please don’t let my feelings trouble you;
I do not wish to cause you further pain.

I loved you … thus the hopelessness I knew …
the jealousy, the shyness and the pain,
resulted in

Alexander Pushkin Translation: I Loved You

I Loved You
by Alexander Pushkin
English translation by Michael R. Burch

I loved you ... perhaps I love you still ...
perhaps for a while such emotions may remain.
But please don’t let my feelings trouble you;
I do not wish to cause you further pain.

I loved you ... thus the hopelessness I knew ...
The jealousy, the diffidence, the pain
resulted

With Apologies To Pushkin

There is a country far away, though today 
Not so far, but wide as the eye can see,
Though a place you would not like to stay;
A place once valued in time and history,

Where stories were told, the people bold,
Now grown tired, now grown old;
And people asked how this came about,
The future seemed bright without a

Honor Sent To Great Bard, Alexander Pushkin Second Tribute Series, Fifth Poet

(Honor Sent To Great Bard, Alexander Pushkin
Second Tribute Series, Fifth Poet)

(1.)
Poetry Gave Its Deep Rich Brilliance Unto Thee

Bard, what bright Light graced thy soft serenades
In late midnight hours, moonlight streaming down
Alas! With Time's fleeing flight, thy fame fades
Yet thy verse treasures gave thee world renown.

Bard, thy prowling ship upon open seas
Delivered thy Art, to this

Pushkin Translation

I Loved You
by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
translation by Michael R. Burch

I loved you ... perhaps I love you still ...
perhaps for a while such emotions may remain.
But please don’t let my feelings trouble you;
I do not wish to cause you further pain.

I loved you ... thus the hopelessness I knew ...
The jealousy, the diffidence, the pain
resulted

Pushkin Sonnet - the Meandering Brook

The Meandering Brook
*******************
the brook meanders across the moorland,
dividing heather and bracken with banks
adorned with wetland flora, looking grand.
sandy patches, fauna can fill their tanks.

birds of many feathers' quench their thirst, bathe.
water shrew, get lucky, a chance to gaze.
a dipper where the bank widens; washed rock.
the brook earns its reputation, don't knock!

it gurgles, babbles, the midges

I Loved You So By Alexander Pushkin

I loved you so, and maybe feeling 
yet didn't fade away in soul, 
but let it do not make your thrilling 
I do not want you sad at all. 

I loved so hopeless and so silent, 
I was so jealous and so shy, 
I loved you tenderly and violent,
let someone love you so like I.

Winter Morning By Alexander Pushkin

There're frost and sun, the day is fairy,
You're sleeping yet, sweetheart, you're merry,
It's time, wake up, my pretty lass,
Open your eyes that are so tender
towards Aurora and her splendour 
Rise like the Northern star to bless.

The eve, remember, evil blizzard,
Sky's full of mist, sky was imprisoned,
the moon was just like yellow stain,
It shone through clouds

I Can Remember Time of Wonder By Alexander Pushkin

I can remember time of wonder
when you appeared before my eyes
like fleeting vision like a thunder,
pure queen of beauty and sunrise.

In tiresome longing of despair
in noisy troubles of ado
your tender voice was in my air
I saw sweet dreamings about you.

Years passed. A riot of rebellion 
dispelled these dreamings of the past
I heard your tender voice

Confession By Alexander Pushkin

I love you, so I'm getting mad,
let my ado and shame are vainly 
And all my foolish thoughts aren't sanely
in feet of yours I bow my head.
It's not my face, it's not my age,
It's time to be just little smarter,
I see my symptoms and they change
my soul with lovesick, they are harder.
I yawn without you

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