“This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed into a sister channel. How many spectacles I've missed: the curtain rising without me, and falling too. How many friends I never had the chance to meet.”
This book compiles a selection of poems, showcasing the author's poetic works. more
Anna Akhmatova (June 23, 1889 – March 5, 1966) was one of the most prominent Russian poets of the 20th century. Known for her profound emotions and exquisite artistic skills, she is often referred to as the 'nightingale of Russian poetry'. more
“And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.”
“Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better.”