Marina Tsvetaeva
Gennady Aygi
the mushrooms disappeared. / It happened gradually, / over maybe thirty years. / And now, when I recall / their disappearance, their “departure,” / it seems like one grand movement, / like — the hushing / of one very long orchestra...
Re: Word: Anna Akhmatova
As for memories, they have three parts— / the first is only yesterday / when laughter is still heard, but our cheeks / are wet— this part doesn’t last long. / ....
Re: Word: Polina Barskova
I will try to live on earth without you. // I will become any object, / I don’t care what— / I will be this speeding train.
Polina Barskova
I will try to live on earth without you. // I will become any object, / I don’t care what— / I will be this speeding train.
Daniil Kharms
Because of me, Marina Petrovna turned completely bald – bald like a baby’s bottom. It happened like this: I went over to visit Marina Petrovna, and bang! she lost all her hair. And that was that.
Anna Akhmatova
As for memories, they have three parts— / the first is only yesterday / when laughter is still heard, but our cheeks / are wet— this part doesn’t last long. / ....