One-line poems

[Irina Reyfman]

Dear Otto,

It was Karamzin: "Pokoisia, milyi prakh, do radostnogo utra."  Dostoevsky
loved to cite this line.  It was also chosen as his mother's epitaph.

Best,
Irina Reyfman


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Boele, O.F.
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 2:07 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] One-line poems

Dear Seelangers,

In 1894 Valerii Briusov wrote a number of one-line poems, the most infamous
of which is, of course, "O, zakroi svoi blednye nogi!" I'm sure Briusov
wasn't the only poet to practice this "genre," but I don't know who else
was. Do you have any suggestions? I prefer Russian poems from the early
twentieth century, but examples from a later period or some other national
literature are also welcome. 

Thanks!

Otto Boele
University of Leiden, The Netherlands



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