Joseph Brodsky Poems (35 Poems)
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History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun’s in its orbit, yet I feel morbid. Act 1 Prologue Ladies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let me tell you: you are o’kay. Our show is to start without much delay.So let me inform … Continue reading
From A School Anthology (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
1. E. LarionovaE. Larionova. Brunette. A colonel’sand a typist’s daughter. Lookedat you like someone studying a clockface.She tried to help her fellow mortals.One day when we were lying side by sideupon the beach, crumbling some chocolate,she said, looking straight ahead, … Continue reading
Two Hours In Reservoir (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
1 I am an anti-fascist… anti-FaustIch liebe life and I admire chaosIch bin to wish, Genosse Offizieren,Dem Zeit zum Faust for a while spazieren. 2 Without embracing Polish propaganda,In Krakow he had missed his Vaterland, andHe dreamt of the philosopher’s true … Continue reading
Letters To The Roman Friend (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
From Martial Now is windy and the waves are cresting overFall is soon to come to change the place entirely.Change of colors moves me, Postum, even strongerThan a girlfriend while she’s changing her attire. Maidens comfort you but to a certain limit … Continue reading
To The Negotiations In Kabul (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
You, the brutal-hearted sky-scraping mountain tribes!Lamb and horseflesh – is all your menu describes;Long beards and handcrafted rugs, your loud guttural names;Never before have seen a sea, not to mention a piano – in your eyes.Legendary for your profiles, fingers … Continue reading
Bosnia Tune (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
As you pour yourself a scotchCrush a roach or check your watchAs your hands adjust your tie people die In the towns with funny namesHit by bullets, caught in flamesBy and large not knowing why people die And in small … Continue reading
Moscow Carol (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
In such an inexplicable blue,Upon the stonework to embark,The little ship of glowing hueAppears in Alexander Park.The little lamp, a yellow rose,Arising — ready to retreat —Above the people it adores;Near strangers’ feet.In such an inexplicable blueThe drunkards’ hive, the … Continue reading
At a Lecture (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
Since mistakes are inevitable, I can easily be takenfor a man standing before you in this room filledwith yourselves. Yet in about an hourthis will be corrected, at your and at my expense,and the place will be reclaimed by elemental … Continue reading
Daedalus in Sicily (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
All his life he was building something, inventing something.Now, for a Cretan queen, an artificial heifer,so as to cuckold the king. Then a labyrinth, the time forthe king himself, to hide from bewildered glancesan unbearable offspring. Or a flying contraption, … Continue reading
Odysseus to Telemachus (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
My dear Telemachus,The Trojan Waris over now; I don’t recall who won it.The Greeks, no doubt, for only they would leaveso many dead so far from their own homeland.But still, my homeward way has proved too long.While we were wasting … Continue reading
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