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The silvery tree opens
to an empty sky —
maybe it is better
that I am not your husband.
--
The willow in the empty sky spread her transparent fan perhaps it were better that I not be your wife.
--
"Memory of the Sun" (alternate translation by Paula Goodman)

 

Anna Akhmatova

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A poem lovely as a tree.
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Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
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A nest of robins in her hair;
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