I Finish My Poetical Career. To Balmont Poem by Liza Sud

I Finish My Poetical Career. To Balmont

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I finish my poetical career.
There is only one reason for it - Balmont.
Near such a virtuoso you're unreal,
He is the Russian poetry best flower!

He will completely break you down
and after seeng such a verge of height
you will not dare to win this mountain.
He's shining sun, The only one!

I wanted to begin when I met Brodsky,
Cause he is someone whom you may catch up.
But as for Balmont - he is born a poet.
And if not born - you should choose other life.

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Я как поэт карьеру завершаю.
и Бальмонт здесь - единственной причиной.
он - виртуоз, все рядом - нереальны.
Он - лучший цвет поэзии России.

Он окончательно тебя сломает,
и увидав такую грань высот -
ты не рискнешь ту гору покорять с ним,
ведь Он - сиянье солнца. Только он!

Я начала, когда явился Бродский,
и Бродского еще можно догнать.
Но Бальмонт - он поэт уже с пеленок,
и лучше жизнь другую выбирать.

Monday, August 29, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: tribute
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Daniel Brick 30 August 2016

What a tribute! ! There is a Latin phrase which has become an idiom in English which fits those situation of you and Balmont - NE PLUS ULTRA - that is, nothing can be greater. But does that mean YOU have to stop writing, or is the title (I FINISH MY POETICAL CAREER) a piece of exaggeration to show how powerfully Balmont has struck you? ! ? ! For a native speaker of English Shakespeare is ne plus ultra, n my case it took almost ten years to read all of his plays, sonnets, lyric & narrative poems. Once I had read and absorbed all of it I was awed by his variety and success, and you can recognize his style so there is no doubt one poet did all of this writing. Bur my reaction isn't to stop writing because I can't be a Shakespeare or Balmont, but rather to keep writing and experience that creativity to a lesser degree, of course, but still what you and I achieve may be small compared to them, but it is our creative success. Am I making sense here? I like this quotation: A WRITER IS NOT A SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON, RATHER EVERY PERSON IS A SPECIAL KIND OF WRITER.

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Ramesh Rai 29 August 2016

All poets are born which is never to end and in poetry all flow alike like ripples of ocean.

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