Anna Akhmatova, (1889-1966) Poems (originally published 1983)
Anna Akhmatova, You will hear thunder Selected poems (1961-1963)
Anna Akhmatova, Music For D.D.S. (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich)
Anna Akhmatova, Selected poems, originally published 1969 Seaside Sonnet
The whole time I was hoping my silence would fit yours and exclamation marks would gently float across time and space so that boundaries would be crossed; the whole time I was praying you would read my eyes and understand what I was never able to understand. See, we were never about butterflies. We’ve always been about burning stars. All about us is unearthly and radiant.
𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙰𝚔𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚟𝚊, 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚜: 𝙰 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙰𝚔𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚟𝚊