Poems found: 696
ALL IS SOLD, ALL BETRAYED, ALL IS LOOTED
BROAD GOLD, THE EVENING COLORS GLOW
STILL OTHER THINGS NO DOUBT ARE LONGING
THE LIME-TREES BY THE OPEN DOOR
THERE CAME A VOICE. IT WOULD COMMISERATE
YOU ARE FAR OFF, STRANGER MINE
I SAID TO THE CUCKOO: 'TILL I DIE'
NO, NO, I DID NOT LOVE YOU - GLADLY
DOER OF NOTHING, I CAME HERE-WHY NOT?
RUDDY YOUTH WANDERED FORLORNLY AROUND
SIMPLE WAY OF LIFE I'VE LEARNED TO LIVE
AH - YOU THOUGHT I'D BE THE TYPE
AH! IT'S YOU AGAIN. NOT AS AN ENAMOURED YOUTH
ALL OF MOSCOW IS SOAKED WITH VERSES
ALONG THE HARD CREST OF THE SNOWDRIFT
AND HERE, IN DEFIANCE OF THE FACT
AND IN THE KIEVIAN CHURCH OF DIVINE WISDOM
AND WHEN WE HAD CURSED EACH OTHER
AND YOU, MY FRIENDS WHOHAVE BEEN CALLED AWAY
AROUND MY NECK ARE ROSARY STRANDS
AS FOR SAYING GOODBYE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW
AS I DIE, I LONG FOR IMMORTALITY
AS IF THROUGH A STRAW, YOU DRINK MY SOUL
AS IF WITH A HUGE, HEAVY HAMMER
AS IF WITH A STRAW YOU DRINK MY SOUL.
AT MY NECK, SMALL ROSARY BEADS
BEYOND THE LAKE, THE MOON'S STOPPED IN SPACE
BROAD AND YELLOW IS THE EVENING LIGHT
COULD BEATRICE WRITE WITH DANTE'S PASSION
DARLING, DON'T CRUMBLE MY LETTER
DO YOU FORGIVE ME THESE NOVEMBER DAYS?
DON'T THREATEN ME WITH A TERRIBLE FATE
DURING EACH DAY-TODAY, TOMORROW-
DYING, I AM TORMENTED BY IMMORTALITY
EARTHLY FAME'S LIKE SMOKE, I GUESS-
EVERYONE LEFT AND NO ONE RETURNED
EVERYTHING IS LOOTED, SPOILED, DESPOILED
EVERYTHING IS PLUNDERED, BETRAYED, SOLD
FEAR, FINGERING OBJECTS IN THE DARK
FINALLY WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO PART
FOR A LONG TIME I STOOD AT HELL'S HEAVY GATES
FRESHNESS OF WORDS, SIMPLICITY OF EMOTIONS
GOD'S ANGEL WHO, ONE WINTER MORNING
GOLD RUSTS, THE SWORD RUSTS IN THE SHEALTH
HE DIDN'T MOCK ME, HE DIDN'T PRAISE
HERE I HAVE WAITED, NONE WITH ME
HERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF GIRLS FIGHT
HOW I LOVED, HOW I LOVED TO LOOK
HOW MANY DEMANDS THE BELOVED CAN MAKE
I AM FREE NOW. AND, KEEPING MY FUN UP
I AM NOT AMONG THOSE WHO LEFT OUR LAND
I AM NOT WITH THOSE WHO ABANDONED THEIR LAND
I ASKED A NEARBY CUCKOO TO SAY
I BROUGHT DISASTER TO MY DEAR ONES
I CALLED DEATHDOWN ON THE HEADS OF THOSE I CHERISHED
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ALIVE OR DEAD
I DON'T SPEAK WITH ANYONE FOR A WEEK
I DREAM OF HIM LESS OFTEN NOW, THANK GOD
I HAVE COME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE, SISTER
I HEAR THE ORIOLE'S ALWAYS GRIEVING VOICE
I HEAR THE ORIOLE'S VOICE, CLEAR AND DISTRESSED
I LEARNED A SIMPLE AND WISE EXISTENCE
I LED MY LOVED OUT TO THE HALL
I LISTEN AS TO A DISTANT VOICE
I LIVE LIKE A CUCKOO IN A CLOCK
I PRESSED MY HANDS TOGETHER UNDER COVER
I SEE ON THE CUSTOMS HOUSE A FADED FLAG
I TAUGHT MYSELF TO LIVE SIMPLY AND WISELY
I WILL LEAVE YOUR WHITE HOUSE AND TRANQUIL GARDEN
I WILL TEND THESE RICH, BLACK BEDS
I WON'T BEG FOR YOUR LOVE: IT'S LAID
I'M NOT OF THOSE WHO LEFT THEIR COUNTRY
IF THE LUNAR HORROR SPLASHES AROUND
IN BLACK MEMORY YOU'LL FIND, FUMBLING
IN EVERY TREE, THE CRUCIFIED LORD
IN EVERY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS THERE IS ONE
IN THE CORNER AN OLD MAN RESEMBLING A RAM
IN THE GAIRDEN THE MUSIC'S VOICE
IS OUR TIME WORSE THAN ALL THE TIMES THAT WENT BEFORE IT
ISN'T IT TO ESCAPE FROM THIS DAMNED EASY LIFE
IT IS FINE HERE: ALL RUSTLE AND CREAK
IT IS NIGHTTIME. THE TWENTY-FIRST. MONDAY
IT IS NO WONDER THAT WITH NO HAPPY VOICE
IT SEEMS THAT THE VOICE WE HUMANS OWN
IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO ABANDON THIS LIFE
IT'S NOT WITH A LOVER'S LYRE, NOT AT ALL
LATE AT NIGHT. MONDAY, THE TWENTY-THIRD
LIKE A WHITE STONE IN THE DEPTHS OF A WELL
LIKE THIS, UNTO A WOUNDED CRANE
LYING IN ME, AS THOUGH IT WERE A WHITE
MAY THE ORGAN'S SOUNDS BURST OUT ONCE MORE
MAYBE AGAIN THE ORGAN-MUSIC BLARING
MEMORIES OF THE SUN FADE AS MY HEART GROWS NUMB-
MEMORY OF LOVE, YOU ARE PAINFUL
MEMORY OF SUN SEEPS FROM THE HEART
MY HANDS CONTRACT UNDER THE DARK VEIL
MY VOICE IS FEEBLE, MY WILL STRONG
MY VOICE IS WEAK, MY WILL DOESN'T WEAKEN THOUGH
NO, WE DIDN'T SUFFER TOGETHER IN VAIN
NOISELESSLY THEY WALKED ABOUT THE HOUSE
NOW IS WOVEN IN MY DARK TRESSES
NOW MY LOVED SOULS ARE WITH THE STARS
NOW NO-ONE WILL BE LISTENING TO SONGS
NOW WE KNOW WELL HOW EACH CAN BEAR THE SHOCK
O THERE ARE WORDS THAT SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED
OFTEN VOICES COME TO ME WITH UPSIDED AND
OH, LIFE WITHOUT TOMORROW'S DAY!
ON THE CREST OF A HARD-FROZEN SNOW RIDGE
ON THE HARD CRESTS OF THE SNOWDRIFTS THAT LEAD
ONE HEART ISN'T CHAINED TO ANOTHER
ONE TRAVELS STRAIGHT AHEAD, THE OTHER
ONE WOULD NOT MISTAKE TRUE TENDERNESS
OTHERS GO OFF WITH THEIR LOVED ONES
OVER THE SNOWDRIFT'S HARD CRUST
PUSSCAT, WATCH OUT, AN EMBROIDERED OWL
SO MANY REQUESTS, ALWAYS, FROM A LOVER!
SO YOU THOUGHT ME THE STANDARD ROMANTIC
SOME OF THEM EXCHANGE FOND GLANCES
SOMEWHERE THERE IS A SIMPLE LIFE AND A WORLD
SOMEWHERE THERE IS A SIMPLE LIFE
STOP IT, I WAS LIKE ALL OF THEM
SUDDENLY IT WAS QUIET EVERYWHERE
TERROR, FINGERING THINGS IN THE DARK
TERROR, RUMMAGING THROUGH THINGS IN THE DARK
THAT'S HOW I AM. I COULD WISH FOR YOU SOMEONE OTHER
CHURCHYARD'S AUIET ON A SUNDAY
HEART'S MEMORY OF THE SUN GROWS FAINT,
LITTLE CLOUD WAS UP IN THE SKY
LOSS OF TRUE FEELINGS AND WORDS RENDERS US
SMELL OF INANIMATE THINGS AND FLOWERS
SOULS OF ALL MY LOVED ONES ARE ON HIGH STARS
SOULS OF THOSE I LOVE ARE ON HIGH STARS
THREE THINGS HE LOVED MOST IN LIFE
THERE IS A SACRED BOUNDARY BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE
THERE'S A SACRED LIMIT TO ANY CLOSENESS
THEY DIDN'T BRING ME A LETTER TODAY
THIS CRAFT OF OURS, SACRED AND BRIGHT
THIS CRUEL AGE HAS DEFLECTED ME
THIS IS WHERE PUSHKIN'S EXILE WAS BEGUN
THIS TOO WILL BECOME FOR THE PEOPLE
TO AWAKE WHEN DAWN IS BREAKING
TO EARTHLY SOLACE, HEART, BE NOT A PREY
TO FALL ILL AS ONE SHOULD, DELIRIOUSLY
TO LOSE THE FRESHNESS OF THE WORDS
TO THE NEW YEAR! TO NEW BITTERNESS!
UNDER AN EMPTY DWELLING'S FROZEN ROOF
UNDER AN OAKEN SLAB IN THE CHURCHYARD
UNDER HER DARK VEIL SHE CLENCHED HER HANDS
UNDER THE FROZEN ROOF OF THIS DESERTED HOUSE
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SAY GOODBYE
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY GOODBYE
WE'RE ALL DRUNKARDS HERE. HARLOTS.
WE'RE HEAVY DRINKERS HERE, AND WOMEN OF LOOSE MORALS --
WEAK IS MY VOICE, BUT MY WILL ISN'T WEAKENING
WHAT'S WAR? WHAT'S PLAGUE WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL PASS
WHAT'S WORSE THAN THIS PAST CENTURY?
WHEN THE BANE OF THE MOON IS AT WORK
WHEN THE MOON IS LYING ON THE WINDOW SILL
WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK IT'S SO MUCH FUN
WHERE NOTHING IS NEEDED, I WALK LIKE A CHILD
WHY ARE YOU WANDERING AROUND SO
WHY IS OUR CENTURY WORSE THAN ANY OTHER?
WINDS THAT BRING THE SWANS ARE RACING
YOU ARE ALWAYS NEW AND ALWAYS HIDDEN
YOU ARE ALWAYS NOVEL AND MYSTERIOUS
YOU ARE NO LONGER AMONG THE LIVING
YOU ARE WITH ME AGAIN, FRIEND AUTUMN!
YOU ARE WITH ME ONCE MORE, AUTUMN MY FRIEND!
YOU CAN LOOK STRAIGHT INTO MY ROOM-
YOU KNOW, I LANGUISH IN CAPTIVITY
YOU WILL HEAR THUNDER AND REMEMBER ME
YOU WILL LIVE WITHOUT MISFORTUNE
YOU WON'T DIVINE IT IMMEDIATELY
ACROSS THE STAIRCASE LANDING INTERMEZZO
AFTER POEMS (1913,1916,1911,1959)
BEHIND THE LAKE THE MOON'S NOT STIRRED
I WRUNG MY HANDS UNDER MY DARK VEIL
IN MEMORY OF V. C. SREZNEVSKAYA
INTERMEZZO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
LEGEND ON AN UNFINISHED PORTRAIT
MIDNIGHT VERSES,SELS: 3. BEYOND THE MIRROR
MIDNIGHT VERSES: 1, PRE-SPRING ELEGY
MIDNIGHT VERSES: 2, THE FIRST WARNING
MIDNIGHT VERSES: 3, THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
MIDNIGHT VERSES: 4, THIRTEEN LINES
MIDNIGHT VERSES: 6, NIGHT VISIT
MIDNIGHT VERSES: 7, AND THE LAST ONE
MIDNIGHT VERSES: INSTEAD OF A DEDICATION
MIDNIGHT VERSES: INSTEAD OF AN AFTERWORD
NINETEEN THIRTEEN PETERSBURG STOREY: CHAPTER 1
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: DEDICATORY POEMS 1. IN MEMORY OF VS. K.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: DEDICATORY POEMS 2. TO O.A.G-S.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: DEDICATORY POEMS 3.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART ONE, 1. ACROSS THE LANDING
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART ONE, 1. THE YEAR NINETEEN THIRTEEN
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART ONE, 2.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART ONE, 3.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART ONE, 4.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART THREE -- EPILOGUE, TO MY CITY
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 1.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 2.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 3.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 4.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 5.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 6.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 7.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 8.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 9.
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 10
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 11
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 13
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 14
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 15
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 16
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 17
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 18
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 19
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 20
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 21
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 22
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 23
POEM WITHOUT A HERO: PART TWO -- OBVERSE, 24
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 1. READING HAMLET
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 11. JULY 1914
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 19. LOT'S WIFE
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 2. PUSHKIN
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 20. THE MUSE
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 21. THE LAST TOAST
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 22. BORIS PASTERNAK
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 23. VORONEZH
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 25. IMITATION FROM THE ARMENIAN
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 26. IN MEMORY OF M. B.
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 27. CLEOPATRA
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 28. WILLOW
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 1
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 10. CRUCIFIXION
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 2
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 3
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 4
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 5
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 6
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 7. THE SENTENCE
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 8. TO DEATH
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: 9
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 29. REQUIEM: 1935-1940: EPILOGUE
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 30: IN 1940: 1
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 30: IN 1940: 2. TO THE LONDONERS
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 30: IN 1940: 3. A SHADOW
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 30: IN 1940: 4
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 30: IN 1940: 5
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 31: COURAGE
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 32: RETURN
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 35. MARCH ELEGY
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 36. EPIGRAM
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 37. THE DEATH OF SOPHOCLES
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 38. ALEXANDER AT THEBES
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 39. THERE ARE FOUR OF US
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 40. POEM WITHOUT A HERO, SELS.
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 6. TO THE MUSE
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 8. THE GUEST
POEMS OF AKHMATOVA: 9. TO ALEXANDER BLOK
QUATRAIN SEQUENCE: TO MY POEMS
REQUIEM: INSTEAD OF A FOREWORD
REQUIEM: POEMS 1935-1940: EPILOGUE 2
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 1. CREATIVITY
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 1. INSPIRATION
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 3. THE MUSE
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 3. THE MUSE
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 4. THE POET
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 4. THE POET
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 5. THE READER
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 5. THE READER
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 6. THE LAST POEM
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 6. THE LAST POEM
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 7. AN EPIGRAM
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 7. EPIGRAM
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 8. ABOUT POEMS
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 8. POEMS
SECRETS OF THE TRADE: 9. SECRETS OF THE TRADE
FIRST LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY SHELL IN LENINGRAD
SECRETS OF THE CRAFT: 6, THE LAST POEM
SECRETS OF THE CRAFT: 7, EPIGRAM
SECRETS OF THE CRAFT: 9, TO OSIP MANDELSTAM
SEVENTH (INCOMPLETE) NORTHERN ELEGY
TO THE MEMORY OF MY LITTLE NEIGHBOR IN LENINGRAD, VALIA SMIRNOV
TO THE MEMORY OF V.S. SREZNEVSKAYA
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 1
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 10
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 11
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 12
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 13
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 14
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 15
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 16
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 17
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 18
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 19. TALE OF THE BLACK RING
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 2
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 20. ON THE ROAD
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 3
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 4. THE GUEST
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 5. N.V.N.
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 6
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 7
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 8
TWENTY POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA: 9
WILD ROSES ARE BLOOMING (FROM A BURNED NOTEBOOK)
WILD ROSES ARE BLOOMING: 4, FIRST LITTLE SONG
WILD ROSES ARE BLOOMING: 6, THE DREAM
WILD ROSES ARE BLOOMING: 9, IN THE BROKEN MIRROR