I used to be a teacher of English. I was brought up reading Russian classical literature and I love my language a lot. I write my poems in Russian and translate some of them into English. I also have quite a lot of poems which were originally written by me in English.
After sex with you
I’ve got your smell on my skin.
You’ve got my smell too.
And you’ve got the smell of sin.
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If we fail to love,
Nobody will even notice that.
It's not a stain,
It is not shame,
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Dedicated to one modern Russian poet who called me names and wished I were dead as I am not clever enough for him
He did that just for fun?
He mocked at me and called me - wow! -
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There are some women made of silk
But with steel frameworks deep inside them.
I know such women and I think
That they're both wonderful and shameful.
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