Thursday, 11. July 2002
I don't know if you're alive or dead - Anna Akhmatova
I don't know if you're alive or dead. Can you on earth be sought, Or only when the sunsets fade Be mourned serenely in my thought?
All is for you: the daily prayer, The sleepless heat at night, And of my verses, the white Flock, and of my eyes, the blue fire.
No-one was more cherished, no-one tortured Me more, not Even the one who betrayed me to torture, Not even the one who caressed me and forgot.
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alpha,
July 11, 2002 at 6:14:00 PM EDT
i love russia
and i enormously love russian poets, especially female poets, esp. anna achmatova! it's great, thank you so much, sashi yrs woelfin alpha.antville.org
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