1157: from Requiem 1935-1940 by Anna Akhmatova, translated by Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward
Today\u2019s poem is from \u201cRequiem 1935-1940\u201d by Anna Akhmatova, translated by Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cWhat is the role of poetry during war? Does it have a function? Then and now, poets and readers of poetry see language as the terrain where we find ourselves heard and affirmed in our beliefs. Poets protest, bear witness, and mourn.\u201d
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