Anna Akhmatova's Poetry, by title

• "'I have come to take your place, sister"

  'I have come to take your place, sister,
  At the high fire in the forest's heart.

  37 lines
• "A Widow in Black..."

  A widow in black -- the crying fall
  Covers all hearts with a depressing cloud...

  7 lines
• "Along the Hard Crust..."

  Along the hard crust of deep snows,
  To the secret, white house of yours,

  7 lines
• "And Pushkin's Exile Had..."

  And Pushkin's exile had begun right here,
  And Lermontov's expulsion had been "canceled."

  7 lines
• "And you, my friends who have been called away"

  And you, my friends who have been called away,
  I have been spared to mourn for you and weep,

  9 lines
• "As a White Stone..."

  As a white stone in the well's cool deepness,
  There lays in me one wonderful remembrance.

  13 lines
• "I Don't Like Flowers..."

  I don't like flowers - they do remind me often
  Of funerals, of weddings and of balls;

  7 lines
• "I Was Born In the Right Time..."

  I was born in the right time, in whole,
  Only this time is one that is blessed,

  8 lines, 1 comment
• "If the Moon On the Skies..."

  If the moon on the skies does not roam,
  But cools, like a seal above,

  13 lines
• "In Human Closeness There..."

  In human closeness there is a secret edge,
  Nor love nor passion can pass it above,

  13 lines
• "Let Somebody Else Rest..."

  Let somebody else rest by southern sea,
  Enjoying the paradise land,

  8 lines
• "My Hands Clasped..."

  My hands clasped under a veil, dim and hazy…
  "Why are you so pale and upset?"

  13 lines
• "Now no-one will be listening to songs"

  Now no-one will be listening to songs.
  The days long prophesied have come to pass.

  8 lines, 1 comment
• "One Goes In Straightforward Ways"

  One goes in straightforward ways,
  One in a circle roams:

  8 lines
• "So again we triumph!"

  So again we triumph!
  Again we do not come!

  11 lines
• "The pillow hot"

  The pillow hot
  On both sides,

  9 lines
• "There Are the Words..."

  There are the words that couldn’t be twice said,
  He, who said once, spent out all his senses.

  3 lines
• "To fall ill as one should, deliriously"

  To fall ill as one should, deliriously
  Hot, meet everyone again,

  30 lines
• "You'll Live, But I'll Not..."

  You'll live, but I'll not; perhaps,
  The final turn is that.

  18 lines
• "You, Who Was Born..."

  You, who was born for poetry’s creation,
  Do not repeat the sayings of the ancients.

  3 lines
• Alexander By Thebes

  I think, the king was fierce, though young,
  When he proclaimed, "You’ll level Thebes with ground."

  7 lines
• And as its Going

  And as it's going often at love's breaking,
  The ghost of first days came again to us,

  8 lines
• But Listen, I Am Warning You

  But listen, I am warning you
  I'm living for the very last time.

  9 lines, 1 comment
• Crucifix

  Do not cry for me, Mother, seeing me in the grave.
  I

  11 lines, 4 comments
• Departure

  Although this land is not my own,
  I will remember its inland sea

  8 lines, 4 comments
• Gray-Eyed King

  Glory to you, inescapable pain!
  The gray-eyed king died yesterday.

  46 lines
• Greetings!

      Do you hear the soft rustle
      beside your table?

  13 lines
• He Did Love

  He did love three things in this world:
  Choir chants at vespers, albino peacocks,

  6 lines
• Here is my gift

  Here is my gift, not roses on your grave,
  not sticks of burning incense.

  21 lines
• Here Pushkin’s Endless Exile Has Begun

  Here Pushkin's endless exile has begun,
  And Lermontov's exile turned out fatal,

  9 lines

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