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We used to meet up once a week
for wine and sex and ham and cheese.\u00a0
Now she’s gone, so she must speak
through shards of poems she shared, like these:\u00a0
Tsvetaeva’s writhing frozen birch
\u00a0while meeting Don Juan behind the church;
Gumilev’s loping giraffe beside\u00a0
Lake Chad, the amazing shapes on its hide;
Mandelstam’s swinging on a rope with board
in the fevered memory of his own backyard;
Akhmatava\u2019s lover in an ill-starred
tryst, temporary though still adored.
Without the pieces she so lovingly glossed
these marvels would be lost. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Here are the poems referred to, in reverse order<\/em>: Other translations from Russian<\/em>: Related<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Giraffes at San Gorgonio <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We used to meet up once a weekfor wine and sex and ham and cheese.\u00a0Now she’s gone, so she must speakthrough shards of poems she shared, like these:\u00a0Tsvetaeva’s writhing frozen birch\u00a0while meeting Don Juan behind the church;Gumilev’s loping giraffe beside\u00a0Lake Chad, the amazing shapes on its hide;Mandelstam’s swinging on a rope with boardin the fevered … <\/p>\n
Akhmatova<\/a>, Never to Share \/ \u041d\u0435 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c
Mandelstam<\/a>, Yard \/ \u0422\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0438 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c
Gumilev<\/a>, Giraffe \/ \u0416\u0438\u0440\u0430\u0444
Tsvetaeva<\/a>, Don Juan \/ \u0414\u043e\u043d-\u0416\u0443\u0430\u043d \u041d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0439<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pushkin<\/a>, O God, Don\u2019t Let Me Go Nuts \/ \u041d\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0439 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u0433 \u0441\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0438 \u0441 \u0443\u043c\u0430
Gumilev<\/a>, A New Organ \/ \u041f\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e \u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0432\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u043d\u043e <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Orthodox Cemetery at Fort Ross<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n