Anna Akhmatova
- From A Burnt Notebook, by Don Mager
Already beautiful on the bookshelf /
Your well-situated sister is set, /
But over you is debris of starry hoards /
And under you are fiery coals...
- The burnt notebook, by Judith Hemschemeyer
On the bookshelf standing in splendor /
Is your prosperous sister, /
But over you are the shards of flocks of stars, /
And under you the coals o...