What did Anna Akhmatova mean by: Poems are my link with the times, with the new life of my people. - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia Copy
+ That was when the ones who smiled Were the dead, glad to be at rest. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anna Akhmatova, Glad, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anna Akhmatova, Death, Keep Smiling, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ All that I am hangs by a thread tonight Feraz Zeid, June 14, 2023December 12, 2023, Anna Akhmatova, Tonight, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ Rising from the past, my shadow Is running in silence to meet me. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anna Akhmatova, Past, Running, Silence, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ The secret of secrets is inside me again. Feraz Zeid, August 22, 2023December 12, 2023, Anna Akhmatova, Secret, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ If I can’t have love, if I can’t find peace, / Give me a bitter glory. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anna Akhmatova, Bitter, Glory, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Anna Akhmatova, Remember, Storm, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
+ My shadow serves as the friend I crave Feraz Zeid, August 26, 2023December 24, 2023, Anna Akhmatova, Crave, Shadow, 0 - Anna Akhmatova Poet · Russia
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
What raises great poetry above all else–it is the entire person and also the entire world. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
