Russian Twentieth-Century Poetry
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Boris Boris, a Russian Poet, Committed Suicide
Two poems written in the last year of nisinian's life before he committed suicide. Cards are very important for russians, they enjoy divination and card playing. The second poem was written shortly after that, and really strates his musical gift. And i think we've reproduced that in a few translations. So boris is going to read too.
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