Stalin
...Stalin
Where are you Stalin
Is winter
We have deeds to perform
Equality to give
Winters snow shall freeze the mind
Christmas troikas
To the dachas’ of death
We all morn and laugh
The co...
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Categories:
troikas, history, philosophy, remember, snow,
Form: Light Verse
Second Quiz With Even Broader Hints For Blind Poets
...Second Quiz with even broader hints for blind poets
The Princess Anna stood
arms half-akimbo
at the scrawny edge of the receding bank
her Polonaise pollarded down
to her exposed ta...
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Categories:
troikas, fantasy, heartbreak, loneliness, ,
Form: Free verse
The Russian Palace
...Far from harsh reality
Of cruel peasant life
Gilded surroundings
Of smooth parquet floors
Damask-lined walls
Crystal chandeliers
The background music of
Imperial fountains
Soothed the nobilit...
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Categories:
troikas, history, places, social,
Form: Free verse