Most Read... John McAuliffeBill Manhire in Conversation with John McAuliffe
(PN Review 259)
Patricia CraigVal Warner: A Reminiscence
(PN Review 259)
Eavan BolandA Lyric Voice at Bay
(PN Review 121)
Joshua WeinerAn Exchange with Daniel Tiffany/Fall 2020
(PN Review 259)
Vahni CapildeoOn Judging Prizes, & Reading More than Six Really Good Books
(PN Review 237)
Christopher MiddletonNotes on a Viking Prow
(PN Review 10)
Poems Articles Interviews Reports Reviews Contributors
Reader Survey
PN Review Substack

This poem is taken from PN Review 257, Volume 47 Number 3, January - February 2021.

Two Poems
Translated by J. Kates
Alexey Shelvakh
An Epigram

Once I was a lilac, waiting
for water as if it were freedom.
I suffocated in the Universe
of a locked Heavenly Vault.



Song of the Composer of an Epic Poem

‘Under the birch trees
the ants danced their automatic dances
...


Searching, please wait... animated waiting image