«No white birches or wild ashes — / Used to warm the smoky huts. / Here are jewels- lustrous, precious / Pearls and rubies in fine cuts. Viewing the Armory’s possessions / All of a sudden, from afar / My eyes caught my own reflection / In the mirror of the czar. I stood there in awe...»
«When a new design is just a vision, / Then begins the duel of Heart and Reason. Sometimes, Reason wins in this debate: / it is down to earth and thinking straight. Her ideas are practical, and hence / Reason is the winner, in a sense… Yet, our Heart will not give up, untamed / For its f...»
«Early morning in the city. Semi-darkness; semi-light. / First, the sunrays touch the rooftops, then the walls come into sight. / From a little square window, suddenly the light breaks in / With the sounds of piano music. Now a movie will begin. And the world will come to motion; it will spin,...»
«A woman is awake in someone’s window. / The woman stranger must be telling fortunes. / What card will fall to her today to be her fortune? / God send her all the four brave noble kings! The king of hearts, the king of clubs, the king of spades, / The king of diamonds: troubles, midnight t...»