ALEXANDER BLOKUS 1807-1867 EVIDENTLY A RUSSIAN PEASANT POET

"Igor" - (translated by Elsie von Vinyasent)

Needle in my shirt
my left arm is hurt
cat caught a mouse
I want potatoes for dinner

(Igor's eyes are like the sea after a storm)
That cat ate a moth
Muddy boots
(His young arms strong, tanned and muscled
from days of working in the fields)

Pie is good
I like beer, too
(Slow falls the sweat of his brow,
and I watch, breathless, as it drops
like spring rain on the handle of his ax)
I have to pee











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