Six Poems by Mandelstam
translated with an afterword by Holly Woodward
Six Poems by Osip Mandelstam
Do not speak! Never, to no one, nothing—
There in the fire’s ashes, time is singing.
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Dressed in a light shawl, you
came to me in the hall—
so swiftly no one knew,
nor heard the soft footfall.
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The taunting form of your face
eluded my grasp in the cloud.
God, I called …Read More