“Moscow 1913” by Aristarkh Lentulov
Russian tea turned
from brown to red
in the Romanov
jasper demitasse
fragile with portent
in delicate cracks
much too subtle
for unfeeling fingers
of autocrat hands
(originally posted December 2013)
Writer Lynne Sargent
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An image of the downfall (and reasons for the same) of a royal house in just 9 lines! A history lesson no less. Brilliant.
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deeply appreciated, mike
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I have to agree with mikesteeden. This is fabulous.
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thank you most kindly, Cheryl
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Love your eclectic sources of inspirations for your poetry.
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my mind bounces around a lot – it’s a geezer thing, I think
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I love how the themes of your poems are so varied! And thank you for visiting my profile!
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I write wherever my mind wnders
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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most welcome!!!
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Those first two lines grabbed me right away. What a change!
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the essence of revolution, I suppose
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Do you study history? You seem to know so much about it and it shows through your poetry! I love it!
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study? – no – my education was in philosophy and ethics – but I do read a lot in history
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Back in high school I read a big fat paperback, “Nicholas and Alexandria”–are you familiar with it? I’ve forgotten the author just now.
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think I saw the movie – don’t recall the book
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I enjoy the unusual prompts you use for your poems.
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I rarely work from prompts – I write what’s in my head and then have fun seeking out images to complement my poems
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I like your subtle metaphor of Russian tea! Just like subtle politics!!
Dwight
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much appreciated, dwight
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Your image of Romanov jasper demitasse – Russian tea turned from brown to red sets the stage of the Revolution. The picture is so alive in its brilliant colors. It looks like a “before” picture.
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it appears it was painted between the early revolution of 1905 and the definitive one in 1917
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While things were brewing.
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