Kategorie: Poems
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The Dictator
A Poem Based on Ossip Mandelstam’s Stalin Epigram In 1933, Osip Mandelstam wrote a poem against Stalin, which he ultimately had to pay for with his life. In an adapted form, the poem can also be applied to autocratic rulers in general – not least the current Kremlin despot. We…
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Ilona Lay: Nocturnal Butterflies
A Poem from the Author’s Early Work In her poem Nachtfalter („Nocturnal Butterflies“), Ilona Lay creates the vision of a world determined by reflection and empathy. Especially today, this seems to be a fitting counter-image to our reality, which is marked by war and destruction. Ilona Lay has once again…
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Ilona Lay: October by the Sea
Between the dunesthe wind plucks at the paling blossoms.The waves shriek like breaking iceunder the vagabond’s burning breath. Restless white horsesrush abruptly through the quivering light.Majestically the face of autumnlaughs through the dishevelled skies. Rising from the depths of the surfa silent swan floats homeward.And sometimes the celestial wings descendas…
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Suffocate Me with a Boring Fairy Tale
Anna Akhmatova’s Poems against Terror, Part 3 The concern for her imprisoned son and the struggle for his survival were an extreme psychological and physical burden for Anna Akhmatova. At times, even the thought of death seemed like salvation. To DeathYou will come anyway – so why not now?I am…
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At night, fear rummages through my belongings
Anna Akhmatova’s Poems against Terror, Part 1 Anna Akhmatova, a renowned poet before the October Revolution, became an ostracised outsider in the Bolshevik state. This is also reflected in her poems. Opening of a three-part series on the poet. At night, fear rummages through my belongings,a hatchet flashes in the…
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Seeing the World through the Eyes of Love
Ilona Lay’s Poem Song of Lovers lona Lay’s Song of Lovers revolves around the changed perception of the world arising from love. Those who love live in a different world – and thus gain a new perspective on the world of everyday life. Song of Lovers You are like an all-pervading song.Through your…
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