to look at the sky and pray to God,
and to wander long before evening
to tire my superfluous worries.
When the burdocks rustle in the ravine
and the yellow-red rowanberry cluster droops
I compose happy verses
about life's decay, decay and beauty.
I come back. The fluffy cat
licks my palm, purrs so sweetly
and the fire flares bright
on the saw-mill turret by the lake.
Only the cry of a stork landing on the roof
occasionally breaks the silence.
If you knock on my door
I may not even hear.
by Anna Akhmatova
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Nice poem
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ReplyDeleteIt's all about living the simple life like thoreau
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ReplyDeletehappy verses are good
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ReplyDeleteit's been a while....welcome back!
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ReplyDeleteHey Guys wanted to let you know there is play about Anna Akhmatova currently running in New York. Here is all the info:
ReplyDeleteI am writing to remind you of the opening of ANNA: Love In the Cold
War, by Nancy Moss, a play about Anna Akhmatova.
Anna Akhmatova was not only a first-rate poet but also, like all
Russian intellectuals, a political prisoner in her own mind. Long
before Andrei Sakharov and glasnost, she quietly resisted the Soviet
system in general and Stalin in particular, which cost her personally.
Her story is a microcosm of the quiet battle of the Russian artist
against the State.
In the play ANNA: Love In the Cold War, by Nancy Moss*, World War II
has just ended. A visiting British don calls up the beautiful Anna
Akhmatova in Leningrad. Will she see him? Amazingly, she says yes
and launches a love affair that will unleash Stalin's wrath and put
her in great danger. The play is directed by Josh Kashinsky and stars
Matt W. Cody** and April Woodall**.
Beginning Friday, April 22nd and running through Sunday, May 8th,
ANNA: Love in the Cold War will be presented at the Dorothy Strelsin
Theatre located at 312 West 36th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) on
the first floor. Show times are Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm and Sunday
at 2pm. There is no 8pm performance on Wednesday, Apr. 27th. Tickets
are $18.00, $15.00 for students and seniors. Reservations 212-868-4444
or www.smarttix.com. Information:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=208681732489358
Group rates are available by E-mailing john.chatterton@gmail.com.