Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CONFESSION (1), by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO


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First Line: From my poor sins I am set free
Last Line: The customary cross repeating.
Alternate Author Name(s): Akhmatova, Anna
Subject(s): Confessions; Sin


From my poor sins I am set free.
In lilac dusk the taper smolders;
The dark stole's rigid drapery
Conceals a massive head and shoulders.

"Talitha kumi": Is it He
Once more? How fast the heart is beating ...
A touch: a hand moves absently
The customary cross repeating.





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