Lawrence Hall
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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
You Russian Poets
Only in Russia is poetry respected. It gets people killed. Is
there anywhere else where poetry is so common a motive
for ******
-Osip Mandelstam,
murdered by the Soviet state for his poetry
We have gotten into trouble over you
Back in the Cold War and now this hot one
But maybe the investigators’ fear
Was not Communism, but mere literacy
O Mandelstam, you died for words and truth
They say, dear Tsvetaeva, that you hanged yourself
And Gumilyov, they simply had you shot –
The Silver Age in truth was one of lead
In America no one dies for poetry
Working fast food can be a death penalty, though
Mar 1, 2022
Mar 1, 2022 at 8:21 AM UTC
Lawrence Hall
[email protected]
https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
You Russian Poets
Only in Russia is poetry respected. It gets people killed. Is
there anywhere else where poetry is so common a motive
for ******
-Osip Mandelstam,
murdered by the Soviet state for his poetry
We have gotten into trouble over you
Back in the Cold War and now this hot one
But maybe the investigators’ fear
Was not Communism, but mere literacy
O Mandelstam, you died for words and truth
They say, dear Tsvetaeva, that you hanged yourself
And Gumilyov, they simply had you shot –
The Silver Age in truth was one of lead
In America no one dies for poetry
Working fast food can be a death penalty, though
A poem is itself.