Poem

Vera Pavlova

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I walk the tightrope

I walk the tightrope.
A kid on each arm
for balance.

© Translation: 2009, Steven Seymour

Ben aan het koorddansen.

Ben aan het koorddansen.
Voor het evenwicht
een kind op elke arm.

© Vertaling: 2009, Nina Targan Mouravi

Иду по канату.
Для равновесья –
двое детей на руках.

From: Письма в соседнюю комнату: 1001 признание в люk
Publisher: AST Publishing House, Moscow

Vera Pavlova

Vera Pavlova

Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow. She studied at the Schnittke Academy of Music, sang in a church choir, majored in the history of music, and three years later launched her literary career with revealing poems that confronted many readers with repressed memories, concealed experiences and latent longings. Pavlova’s poetic persona put an end to the acute division that had previously been prevalen...

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Eternalise me just a bit

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A girl sleeps as if

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I broke your heart

Armpits smell of linden blossom

Teeth dull, veins collapsed

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I walk the tightrope

I walk the tightrope.
A kid on each arm
for balance.

© 2009, Steven Seymour
From: Письма в соседнюю комнату: 1001 признание в люk

I walk the tightrope

I walk the tightrope.
A kid on each arm
for balance.

© 2009, Steven Seymour

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