Poems
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316506991 (0316506990)
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Anna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966) lived through the worst years of the 20th century in one of the worst locations in which to be a poet unwilling to play the role of a trained parrot for the ruthless and murderous apes running the country. Born in Odessa, she grew up in the small town just outside of St....
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...