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Read more about the article “In the streets of Viy-possessed Kyiv…”
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Plate 21 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra): It will be the same. (Será lo mismo.), ca. 1810. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“In the streets of Viy-possessed Kyiv…”

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:May 4, 2022
  • Post category:featured/poetry

A poem by Osip Mandelstam from The Voronezh Notebooks, translated by John High and Matvei Yankelevich

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mouths identical to mine

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:October 3, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry/Uncategorized

A poem by Polina Barskova, translated from Russian by Valzhyna Mort

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Read more about the article nothing matters except having clean hands
Vincent Van Gogh, Shoes, 1988. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

nothing matters except having clean hands

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:August 20, 2021
  • Post category:featured/Issue 9/poetry

A poem by Aleksey Porvin, translated from Russian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler

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Read more about the article diabolical laughter off-stage
John Martin, Illustration for Paradise Lost, Book II Line I, 1827

diabolical laughter off-stage

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:April 9, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Four poems by Roman Osminkin, translated from Russian by Helena Kernan

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Read more about the article a forest-city overruns the parquet floor
Mark Wingrave, Opening and Closing, 2021

a forest-city overruns the parquet floor

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:April 9, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Two poems by Evgenia Rits, translated from Russian by Mark Wingrave

Continue Readinga forest-city overruns the parquet floor
Read more about the article the tumbling avalanche of patterns, turn around
Christiane Baumgartner, White Noise, 2013

the tumbling avalanche of patterns, turn around

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:March 4, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Three poems by Stanislava Mogileva, translated from Russian by Josephine von Zitzewitz

Continue Readingthe tumbling avalanche of patterns, turn around
Read more about the article to be late for one’s flight
Gabriele Münter, Interior (Das Interieur), 1908

to be late for one’s flight

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:March 4, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

A poem by Liliya Gazizova, translated from Russian by Nina Kossman

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Read more about the article every word may end up being your last word
Etel Adnan, Untitled, 2013

every word may end up being your last word

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:March 3, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Five poems by Evgeny Stepanov, translated from Russian by Anna Halberstadt

Continue Readingevery word may end up being your last word
Read more about the article in New York they have New York, but nothing so beautiful
Monika Baer, Untitled, 2003

in New York they have New York, but nothing so beautiful

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:March 1, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

A poem by Genrikh Sapgir, translated from Russian by J. Kates

Continue Readingin New York they have New York, but nothing so beautiful
Read more about the article Every resident of Earth must be represented in close-up
Kai Althoff, Bekehrung, 2002

Every resident of Earth must be represented in close-up

  • Post author:Elina Alter
  • Post published:March 1, 2021
  • Post category:featured/poetry

A poem by Andrey Filimonov, translated from Russian by Anton Yakovlev

Continue ReadingEvery resident of Earth must be represented in close-up
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