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Vera Pavlova

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Sprawling

Sprawling
after love:
“Look,
the ceiling is
all covered with stars!”
“And maybe
on one of them
there is life . . .”

© Translation: 2009, Steven Seymour

Breeduit liggend

Breeduit liggend
na de liefde:
"Kijk,
een plafond
vol sterren!"
"En het zou kunnen
dat op één daarvan
leven is..."

© Vertaling: 2009, Nina Targan Mouravi

Раскинувшись
после любви:
– Смотри –
весь потолок
в звёздах!
– И на одной,
может быть,
есть жизнь . . .

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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Learn to look past

If you want, we can part with a smile

A girl sleeps as if

Why do I recite my poems by heart?

I broke your heart

Armpits smell of linden blossom

Teeth dull, veins collapsed

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Sprawling

Sprawling
after love:
“Look,
the ceiling is
all covered with stars!”
“And maybe
on one of them
there is life . . .”

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

Sprawling

Sprawling
after love:
“Look,
the ceiling is
all covered with stars!”
“And maybe
on one of them
there is life . . .”

© 2009, Steven Seymour

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