𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 -
Hard-lived and ironically-distanced nostalgia, bleak pleas against violence and horror, Yevtushenko's early collection (his first to be translated to English) makes for fascinating immersion.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝘃𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 -
The not-uncontroversial Yevtushenko, a Soviet-Russian poet, moved through the political upheavals. This 1962 book has been on my shelf, just one of about 90 books he wrote.
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**A Poem by Andrei Sen-Senkov**
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The lies of fame and love’s resolve Have vanished now without a trace, Our youthful passions have dissolved As though a dream or morning haze. Yet, still, we’re burning with desire, And with impatience in our souls, Beneath the yoke of strengt...
Today's #DecRecs is because as I was walking to the subway just now there was frost riming the leaves & grass on the bike path and the sky was blue and the sun shone on everything and my heart recited — Мороз и солнце, день чудесный! Frost and sunlight, a marvelous day!
The poem is «Зимнее утро» / "Winter morning" by A.S. Pushkin https://ilibrary.ru/text/684/p.1/index.html
And here's a very good English translation: https://ruverses.com/alexander-pushkin/winter-morning/7940/
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