Through the murk the moon is veering, Ghost-accompanist of night, On the melancholy clearings Pouring melancholy light. Runs the troika with its dreary Toneless jangling sleigh-bell on Over dismal sno...
Egon Schiele, Embrace (Lovers) Marc Chagall, Green Lovers Boris Pasternak – Winter Night Sweeping, sweeping all earth’s corners Came the snowstorm turning; On the table burned a candle, St...
Storm has set the heavens scowling, Whirling gusty blizzards wild, Now they are like beasts a-growling, Now a-wailing like a child; Now along the brittle thatches They will scud with rustling sound, N...
Cold frost and sunshine: day of wonder! But you, my friend, are still in slumber – Wake up, my beauty, time belies: You dormant eyes, I beg you, broaden Toward the northerly Aurora, As though a ...
Baltasar del Alcazar Three things have chained my heart in love That equally do please: The fair Inez, a well-smoked ham, And aubergines in cheese. Friends, this Inez of whom I speak Has such a hold o...
Critics consider Ilya Glazunov's illustrations to An Unknown Lady by Alexander Blok to be the overall finest illustrations of Blok's work....
Autumn in Lake District, Cumbria I am bound to the King of the Sign of Autumn Parting I love the fruits I detest the flowers I regret every one of the kisses that I’ve given Such a bitter walnut tells...
I shall continue telling you about and showing some of the gems of my home library. A large part of it consists of my childhood books, including those in English. I have already shared an old b...
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire Toujours À Madame Faure-Favier Toujours Nous irons plus loin sans avancer jamais Et de planète en planète De nébuleuse en nébuleuse Le don Juan des mil...
Esenin Memorial in Vagankovo Esenin Monument in Ivanovo I had a long walk in Vagankovo Cemetery today, the place where a lot of celebrated Russians were laid to rest. Among them is Sergei Esenin, famo...