Tag: poetry
member name: Svetlana Goryacheva
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May 06, 2007 09:11 AM EDT --
Vladimir Vysotsky (1938 - 1980) - an actor, poet and singer ("bard", how we usually call it) who was - and is - immensely popular in my country. He was loved and listened to practically . . .
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October 06, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
No, my dear friends, contrary to what you may think, this is not another version of John Lennon's immortal hit. ;-) This is my own and rather free English rendering of a song from one of . . .
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November 26, 2008 10:13 AM EST --
(See also A Little Moscow Sparrow )
Naked trees are all covered
With white translucent haze,
Only thin golden crosses
Paint grey canvas of skies.
Icy breath . . .
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December 10, 2008 06:07 PM EST --
"...O, noble Athenians!
I just hadn't got enough impudence
To tell you the things you wanted
To hear from me, that's all.
O, credulous Athenians! . . .
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May 30, 2009 04:09 PM EDT --
Thanks to my dearest Sestryonka (Sandi S.) for the inspiration…
Who was that guy
Born on the very brink of Oikumena ,
Far from the fussy noisy . . .
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September 13, 2009 12:47 PM EDT --
Another poetic experiment inspired by the well-known painting of Viktor Vasnetsov (1848 – 1926) - a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects; a key . . .
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August 13, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
Another one on the latest events...
… And so I’m sitting here,
Listening to “Ekho Moskvy” –
The only radio station
I can more or less trust –
Thinking about . . .
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September 21, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
. .. Written in the heated August 2008.
What I can give to you?...
What I can give to you,
My remote dear friend?
Russian lullaby’s smooth flow,
Tender stroke . . .
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October 12, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
Alexander Moiseevich Gorodnitsky (b. March 20 , 1933 in Leningrad ) is a well-known Russian bard and poet. Professionally, he is a geologist and oceanographer . . .
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November 03, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
The famous Russian-Jewish writer Sholom-Aleichem (1859 - 1916) once noticed (in "Stempenyu") that human heart in general, and especially Jewish heart is very much like a violin - . . .
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November 14, 2008 07:01 PM EST --
The following is my humble poetic attempt to render into English one of the most touching episodes from the first known literary masterpiece of ancient Russian literature, The Tale of Igor's Campaign. . . .
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December 26, 2008 10:18 AM EST --
…For so many eons
People have been trying
To unveil the Great Mystery,
The mystery of Love.
For so many centuries
Bards and troubadours . . .
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January 20, 2009 07:30 AM EST --
Whenever I question the power of dream,
Love is the answer.
Whenever I fear to swim against the stream,
Life is the answer.
Whenever I waver on . . .
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October 28, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
This poem (initially written in Russian) is dedicated, of course, not as much to the historical Cyrano de Bergerac (6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655), a French writer, dramatist and duelist, as to the immortal . . .
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July 20, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --
(It is only too true that the most important things in our life can't be seen by eyes and can't be adequately expressed in words. The following is just another attempt to describe the indescribable . . .
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October 27, 2008 05:31 AM EDT --
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi ( Russian : Виктор Робертович Цой ) ( June 21 , 1962 – August 15 , 1990 ) was a famous Soviet . . .
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May 11, 2009 10:10 AM EDT --
... Let them say
That all the translators are traitors -
Only due to their diligent efforts
The immortal lines of Avon's Swan
Sound now in the language of Pushkin...
. . .
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August 09, 2008 06:02 AM EDT --
(Born all of a sudden during this sleepless night...)
The only words I know in Georgian
Are: "Kamardjoba, Genatsvale!" -
What is intended to mean -
"Greetings, my dear friend!" . . .
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October 04, 2008 06:41 AM EDT --
Maybe one sunny day
I'll be holding your hand,
Walking with you across
Noisy Moscow streets
With their old mansions,
Poplars shedding seed tufts,
Puddles reflecting the . . .
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October 18, 2008 07:30 AM EDT --
Slowly and gently, Night walks like a fairy,
In dark cloak and silver-strewn gloves.
Listen to squawks of the seagulls soaring,
Sleep well, my far-away love...
Quietly . . .
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