About Anna Akhmatova
1889 - 1966/RussianAnna Akhmatova is a pseudonym of ANNA ANDREYEVNA GORENKO (b. June 11 [June 23, New Style], 1889, Bolshoy Fontan, near Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire--d. March 5, 1966, Domodedovo, near Moscow), Russian poet recognized at her death as the greatest woman p
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Poetry & Stories
You Will Hear Thunder
You will hear thunder and remember me,And think: she wanted storms. The rim
You Thought I Was That Type
You thought I was that type:That you could forget me,
Under Her Dark Veil
Under her dark veil she wrung her hands."Why are you so pale today?"
The Sentence
And the stone word fellOn my still-living breast.
Requiem
INSTEAD OF A PREFACEDuring the frightening years of the Yezhov terror, Ispent seventeen months waiting in prison queues in
About Anna Akhmatova
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Who is Anna Akhmatova?
1889 - 1966/RussianAnna Akhmatova is a pseudonym of ANNA ANDREYEVNA GORENKO (b. June 11 [June 23, New Style], 1889, Bolshoy Fontan, near Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire--d.
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Kavishala has 12 poems and stories by Anna Akhmatova, free to read on this page, along with selected quotes you can share.
Poems & Stories by Anna Akhmatova
You Will Hear Thunder
You will hear thunder and remember me,And think: she wanted storms. The rim
You Thought I Was That Type
You thought I was that type:That you could forget me,
Under Her Dark Veil
Under her dark veil she wrung her hands."Why are you so pale today?"
The Sentence
And the stone word fellOn my still-living breast.
Requiem
INSTEAD OF A PREFACEDuring the frightening years of the Yezhov terror, Ispent seventeen months waiting in prison queues in
Twenty-First. Night. Monday
Twenty-first. Night. Monday.Silhouette of the capitol in darkness.
Memory Of Sun
Memory of sun seeps from the heart.Grass grows yellower.
I Wrung My Hands
I wrung my hands under my dark veil. . ."Why are you pale, what makes you reckless?"
Solitude
So many stones have been thrown at me,That I'm not frightened of them anymore,
March Elegy
I have enough treasures from the pastto last me longer than I need, or want.
Celebrate
Celebrate our anniversary – can’t you seetonight the snowy night of our first winter
I Don't Know If You're Alive Or Dead
I don't know if you're alive or dead.Can you on earth be sought,
Selected Quotes by Anna Akhmatova (चुनिंदा उद्धरण)
And the stone word fellOn my still-living breast.
I have enough treasures from the pastto last me longer than I need, or want.
INSTEAD OF A PREFACEDuring the frightening years of the Yezhov terror, Ispent seventeen months waiting in prison queues in
You will hear thunder and remember me,And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Twenty-first. Night. Monday.Silhouette of the capitol in darkness.
I don't know if you're alive or dead.Can you on earth be sought,
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