Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin
Who is Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin
Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (Russian: Михаи́л Алексе́евич Кузми́н) (October 18 [O.S. October 6] 1872 – March 1, 1936) was a Russian poet, musician and novelist, a prominent contributor to the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
Biography
Born into a noble family in Yaroslavl, Kuzmin grew up in St. Petersburg and studied music at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He did not graduate, however, later explaining his move towards poetry thus: "It's easier and simpler. Poetry falls ready-made from the sky, like manna into the mouths of the Israelites in the desert." But he did not give up music; he composed the music for Meyerhold's famous 1906 production of Alexander Blok's play Balaganchik (The Fair Show Booth), and hi...
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Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin Poems
- Where Will I Find Words
Where will I find words to describe our stroll,
The Chablis on ice, the toasted bread
And the sweet agate of ripe cherries?
Sunset is far off, and the sea resounds with
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- Artesian Well
In the feathergrass steppe
Sources lie buried,
The thirsty sun knows
Life isn't raspberries.
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- When Someone Says: "alexandria"
When someone says: "Alexandria,"
I see the white walls of a house,
a small garden row of gillyflowers,
an autumn evening's pale sunlight
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- We Were Four Sisters
We were four sisters, four sisters were we,
All four of us loved, but had different "becauses:"
One loved because father and mother told her to,
another loved because her lover was rich,
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- My Groom And Friend
My groom and friend came from afar.
I kiss your feet!
He drew his circle around me.
I kiss your hands!
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- Soldikotomi: the spirit of trifles, charming and airy,
love of nights luxuriant or stifling,
the happy ease of the carefree life!
ah, a stranger to obedient miracles, i am true
to your flowers, happy land!”
mikhail alekseevich kuzmin - where will i find words
- Yongkpark2: i am leaving alexandria
by mikhail alekseevich kuzmin
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ah, i am leaving alexandria
and will not see it for a long time!
i will see cyprus, dear to the goddess,
i will see tyre, epheses and smyrna,
i will see athens - the dream of my youth,-
- Yongkpark2: i am leaving alexandria
by mikhail alekseevich kuzmin
aaaa
ah, i am leaving alexandria
and will not see it for a long time!
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