"But then he touched the flowers With the dry tips of his f… - Anna Akhmatova

"But then he touched the flowers
With the dry tips of his fingers.
"Tell me how men kiss you.
Tell me how you kiss.

Anna Akhmatova

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Anna Andreevna Gorenko [А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко] (23 June {11 June O.S.} 1889 - 5 March 1966) was a Russian poet, known primarily by her pen name Anna Akhmatova [А́нна Ахма́това]. Her work was condemned and censored by Soviet authorities and she notably chose not to emigrate, but remained in Russia, acting as witness to the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.

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Native Name: Анна Андреевна Ахматова

Alternative Names: Anna Andreyevna Gorenko • Anna Achmatova • Anna Ahmatova • Anna Gorenko • Anna Andreevna Gorenko • Anna Andreevna Akhmatova • Anna A. Ahmatova

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No-one was more cherished, no-one tortured Me more, not Even the one who betrayed me to torture, Not even the one who caressed me and forgot.

Έχω σήμερα πολλές δουλειές. Για μέτρα:
πρέπει κάθε μνήμη ευθύς να σκοτωθεί
πρέπει την καρδιά να κάνω πέτρα
πρέπει πάλι τη ζωή να μάθω απ' την αρχή.

The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.

"But then he touched the flowers With the dry tips of his fingers. "Tell me how men kiss you. Tell me how you kiss. - Anna Akhmatova

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