Anna Akhmatova

I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured read more

I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I read more

Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.

If someone someday in this country Decides to raise a memorial to me, I give my consent to this festivity read more

If someone someday in this country Decides to raise a memorial to me, I give my consent to this festivity But only on this condition - do not build it By the sea where I was born, I have severed my last ties with the sea...

All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.

All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.