Selected Poems

by Tsvetaeva, Maria (Author); Feinstein, Elaine (Translator); Feinstein, Elaine (Introduction by)

• ISBN13: 9780140187595
• ISBN10: 0140187596
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Table of Contents

List of Collaborators	vii
Introduction	ix
POEMS
I know the truth	3	(1)
What is this gypsy passion for separation	4	(1)
We shall not escape Hell	5	(1)
Some ancestor of mine	6	(1)
I'm glad your sickness	7	(1)
We are keeping an eye on the girls	8	(1)
No one has taken anything away	9	(1)
You throw back your head	10	(1)
Where does this tenderness come from?	11	(1)
Bent with worry	12	(1)
Today or tomorrow the snow will melt	13	(1)
Verses About Moscow	14	(4)
From Insomnia	18	(5)
Poems For Akhmatova	23	(3)
Poems For Blok	26	(7)
A kiss on the head	33	(1)
From Swan's Encampment	34	(2)
Yesterday he still looked in my eyes	36	(2)
To Mayakovsky	38	(1)
Praise to the Rich	39	(2)
God help us Smoke!	41	(1)
Ophelia: in Defence of the Queen	42	(1)
Whenever you are I can reach you	43	(1)
From Wires	44	(2)
Sahara	46	(2)
The Poet	48	(3)
Appointment	51	(1)
Rails	52	(1)
You loved me	53	(1)
It's not like waiting for post	54	(1)
My ear attends to you	55	(1)
As people listen intently	56	(1)
Strong doesn't mate with strong	57	(1)
In a world	58	(1)
Poem of The Mountain	59	(8)
Poem of The End	67	(23)
An Attempt at Jealousy	90	(2)
To Boris Pasternak	92	(1)
From The Ratcatcher	93	(7)
From Chapter 1	93	(2)
From Chapter 2: Dreams	95	(2)
From The Children's Paradise	97	(3)
From Poems to a Son	100	(1)
Homesickness	101	(2)
I opened my veins	103	(1)
Epitaph	104	(3)
Readers of Newspapers	107	(2)
Desk	109	(4)
Bus	113	(7)
When I look at the flight of the leaves	120	(1)
From Poems to czecholovakia	121	(2)
Note on Working Method: Angela Livingstone	123
Notes	126