Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova

Akhmatova was a Russian poet of the Acmeist school. Her brief lyrics, simply and musically written in the tradition of Pushkin, attained great popularity. Her themes were personal, emotional, and often ironic. Among her most

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The Smell of Blue Grapes is Sweet

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The smell of blue grapes is sweet
The intoxicating view tantalizes.
Your voice is hollow and cheerless,
But I'm not feeling sorry for anyone, not anyone.

There are spiderwebs among the berries,
The stems of the supple vines are still thin,
Like little ice floes, little ice floes,
In the gleaming water of the sky-blue river, clouds swim.

The sun is in the sky. The sun brightly shines.

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

Country singer Lucinda Williams's song "Pineola" is an elegy for which Arkansas poet?

Answer

Frank Stanford. Stanford was a friend of Lucinda's father, Miller Williams, who is also a poet, currently teaching at the University of Arkansas.