Category Archives: Poetry

At eleven eleven, On this festive Friday, Ears twitch beneath tiny hats, Hurrying to send An important message, Two cats and eleven kittens. They made it! By a miracle. They lined up— Not perfectly, but as best they could. With … Continue reading →

Will heavens weep and cast their tearful rain, Will years depart, their toll in sorrow plain? And weary, will you wait for love’s embrace, While life’s cold rails bear us through time and space? The mundane traps us in its … Continue reading →

Close your ears with tender flesh, Take up steel or wood afresh, Or don the plot, once loved, now worn, And let its weight your form adorn. Hear them speak — all truths, no lies, No deceit — the arc … Continue reading →

Breath of light. Steam and sun. People swarm. Crowds undone. Salty air outside the pane, Steam ascends — it bares its fangs in vain. Faces fade, just shades remain: Gray, black, white, and black again. Paths divide — the silence … Continue reading →

I’m sitting at a lecture on soil erosion in auditorium M2 at the Soil Science Department of Moscow State University. It was Saturday at 9 a.m., first lecture. Only I and three other sleepy classmates showed up. Igroglaz was usually … Continue reading →