(10 February 1890 - 30 May 1960 / Moscow)

poet Boris Pasternak
#197 on top 500 poets

Poems of Boris Pasternak

81. Spring 4/3/2010
82. Spring (Fragment 3) 4/3/2010
83. Spring Shower 4/3/2010
84. Stars were racing 4/3/2010
85. Storm, Momentary, Forever 4/3/2010
86. Storm-Wind 4/3/2010
87. Sultry Night 4/3/2010
88. Swifts (2) 4/3/2010
89. The Earth 4/3/2010
90. The garden scatters burnt-up beetles... 4/3/2010
91. The Girl 4/3/2010
92. The Linden Avenue 4/3/2010
93. The patient watches 4/3/2010
94. The Patient's Sweater 4/3/2010
95. The Road 4/3/2010
96. The shiv'ring piano, foaming at the mouth 4/3/2010
97. The spring-it had simply been you 4/3/2010
98. The Steppe 4/3/2010
99. The Swifts (1) 4/3/2010
100. The Weeping Garden 4/3/2010

1918

Stars were racing; waves were washing headlands.
Salt went blind, and tears were slowly drying.
Darkened were the bedrooms; thoughts were racing,
And the Sphinx was listening to the desert.

Candles swam. It seemed that the Colossus'
Blood grew cold; upon his lips was spreading
The blue shadow smile of the Sahara.
With the turning tide the night was waning.

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