Thursday, January 7, 2016

OSIP MANDELSTAM
Birthday Jan 15

Dreaming of a heroic past
by a classical poet's
Russian birthday cake
around Christmas time
on many colored candle lights
recalling your exiled time
you sense Stalin's breath
nearby the river beds
already living under
a faint grassy grave
not forgiving a sentence
ambushed by your time
yet his heart aches
to pass over
the crimes of his era
as an unripe sun bakes
over his iconic memory
reminding him of divined days
of his strolling by the Neva
with poetry in your meditations
hearing fainting sounds
from the body of saints.



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