Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UTVINSK, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Beyond the famous river utva Last Line: That field was moistened / with burning cossack tears Subject(s): "russia;utvinsk, Russia;" Soviet Union;russians | ||||||||
BEYOND the famous river Utva, Among the Utvinsk hills, In a wide valley, A cornfield was ploughed. Not with the plough was the field ploughed, But with keen Tartar spears. Not with a harrow was the field harrowed, But with swift feet of horses. Not with rye, nor with wheat, was the field sown, But that cornfield was sown With bold Cossack heads. Not with rain was it moistened, Not with strong autumn showers; That field was moistened With burning Cossack tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 259 by LYN HEJINIAN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE IN MEMORIAM: 1933 (7. RUSSIA: ANNO 1905) by CHARLES REZNIKOFF TAKE A LETTER TO DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH by CARL SANDBURG READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969 by VIRGIL SUAREZ A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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