Leon Toom translatedEuropean poetry into Russia. Died in 1969 under mysterious circumstances. This book contains some of his translations, as well as, some of his original poems.

For patrons of the Taganka Theatre under the direction of Yuri Lyubimov, this collection of poetry was inspired by plays that the author attended during 2004-2008. This slim volume, full of poetic snapshots of the theatre's famous plays, is an elegant tribute to the Taganka's unique place in Moscow's theatre world.

I love the simple, not loud verse, /That smiles and so delicate. /I am near to the artless style, /That, as a school-girl, diligent. /I love a music of the verse, /It's breath and even signs. /I try to find the sparks of wisdom /In person, who is sly.

Old and new poems in this collection called 'Experiments in Poems'

The first book by Arkadi Doubintchik, modern Russian-language poet living in America, includes mostly early lyrics, but also contains more recent works of philosophical orientation. Arkadi writes poetry for more than 30 years, was published in periodicals in America, has become one of the winners of the global competition of Russian poets abroad. The book will certainly be interesting to all...

A collection of poetry.

Sergei Esenin is one of the most tragic Russian poets of the 20th century. It was he who expressed the tragedy, crying, confusion of the ancestral Russia, when in the seventeenth year the connection with its thousand-year history was interrupted. He is the most mysterious poet. A peasant son, for more than ten years (from the rapid entry into literature to the tragic death), he found himself in...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - a famous American poet, novelist, critic, journalist. His influence as a writer and poet on world literature is enormous: it is Charles Baudelaire, French symbolism and almost the entire Russian Silver Age. , the novel 'The Story of Arthur Gordon Pim', as well as a collection of short stories 'The System of Dr. Small and Professor Piria'. The book 'Raven' includes...

The incomparable Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913) wrote her masterpiece, the drama-extravaganza 'Forest Song' in distant lands, when she missed her homeland very much. And to my dear Kolodyazhnyi, where 'on a moonlit night I ran alone into the forest and waited there for Mavka to appear to me. I was fascinated by this image for the rest of my life.' It is evident that this longing inspired the...

The emotional mood of Mandelstam's lyrics is full of what critics called 'mental discomfort'. And the accentuated simplicity of everyday trifles, from which he built his poetic reality, only emphasizes the longing and anxiety of an outstanding person who