Don't have anything terribly profound to say about Akhmatova. Overall, the collection here merits three stars. I find that I prefer her earlier stuff, pre-Revolution and from the early '20s (before Stalin solidified his control), but there are some very affecting stuff from the period when her son w...
I don't get these poems easily--I can't just pick this book up and understand. Still, there are some that strike immediately:"The three things he loved most in lifeWere white peacocks, music at mass,And tattered maps of America.He didn't like kids who cried and heDidn't like raspberry jam with teaO...
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