Anatoly Kudryavitsky

thumb|Anatoly Kudryavitsky in 1990 Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 17 August 1954) is a Russian/Irish poet, novelist, translator. He writes mainly in English and Russian. Poems Shadow of Time (2005) When you kill wolves people die. What shall we do after we learn what we'll do: that is the question. Europe is shrinking, but America is broadening. The bigger the house, the smaller the occupants. Polluters of void. "Women don't survive here," a woman of eighty said. ...nothing else left but to watch eternity breaking up into human splinters. The century has started with the crime of the century. Leviathan learning to overcome time The knack of living — how skilfully it kills! ...letters of a burning book dance in flame not every time and not every time literally. Once a century the world is divided into before and after. 'Sorry, we gave you a wrong life,' they said not too apologetically. 'Will you begin anew?' Caliban fights the Taliban Morning at Mount Ring (2007) summer night — blossoming in the pond, water-lilies and stars a leaflet about behaviour on the streets — the wind feels it all over autumn wind... I yearn for the place from where it blows bamboo stems — their memories of the sun icy beach a child treads upon broken bits of seashells murmuring surge mussel shells slightly open hazel catkins in the mizzling rain... a long, long dream autumn storm a cormorant sits on the throne of winds river mist barges transport coal in both directions autumn dusk a cat rubs its shadow against fishermen's legs External links Poems by Anatoly Kudryavitsky His haiku Category:Poets from Ireland Category:Poets from Russia Category:Magic realism authors Category:Novelists from Ireland Category:Translators from Russia Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Novelists from Russia Category:People from Moscow Category:Surrealist poets