Midday
Sun, like a
white-hot executioner’s block
rises slowly
over the alarmed
smooth of the river.
The water
seethes
in the iron
arteries of the city.
People look in
at the damp eyes
of the shops.
A breeze lazily
goes through
the multicoloured
beads of umbrellas.
The dome of
Peter and Paul’s blazes,
like a freshly
baked Easter cake.
The last shadows
disappear
on the
windblown, rough
face of the
city,
and the thirst
of eternity comes out
on the stone
lips of the embankment.
Midday.
I live in it.
Sabantuy Festival
The bank tore
off –
there was a
coloured frill on a sleeveless blouse.
The fishermen
bristled
like seeds cast
on tracks.
They’re
preparing the young steed
for the
festival.
We delight in
the colour of
the warm buttermilk.
Summerhouse
Don’t judge me
so sternly,
lonely
summerhouse.
I trail to you
through a crack
like wild grass.
Has everyone
forgotten
that the
summerhouse is for conversation…
Only a little
moon path
steals up to
you.
OLGA LEVADNAYA
OLGA LEVADNAYA is a world-famous
Russian poet, Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (2008),
laureate of all-Russian and international literary awards (2007-2022), member
of Russian and international literary unions (1997-2022), Ambassador of Peace
(2021), member of the Assembly of Peoples Eurasia (2023), artistic director of
the Kazan Poetry Theater "Dialogue" (2016), creator and director of
the Interregional Music and Poetry Festival "Handshake of the
Republics" (2017-2023).
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