Anna Akhmatova

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

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

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.

If someone someday in this countryDecides to raise a memorial to me,I give my consent to this festivityBut only on read more

If someone someday in this countryDecides to raise a memorial to me,I give my consent to this festivityBut only on this condition - do not build itBy the sea where I was born,I have severed my last ties with the sea...

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor read more

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.