{"id":19979,"date":"2023-09-10T00:04:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/?post_type=poetry&p=19979"},"modified":"2023-09-10T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T06:02:04","slug":"polina-barskova-pulkovo-heights","status":"publish","type":"poetry","link":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/poetry\/polina-barskova-pulkovo-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430. \u041f\u0443\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0432\u044b\u0441\u043e\u0442\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n                                  \u042f\u0448\u0435<\/em>
\n 
\n\u041e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043b\u0451\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435<\/p>\n

\u041f\u043e\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u043e\u0435 \u044f\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/p>\n

\u041d\u043e \u044f\u0432\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u041f\u0443\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e<\/p>\n

\u0427\u0442\u043e \u044f \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044e<\/p>\n

\u041b\u0443\u0447\u0448\u0435 \u0431\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u044d\u0442\u0438\u043c \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043e\u043c<\/p>\n

\u041e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f \u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/p>\n

\u041c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u044f\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/p>\n

\u041c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0431\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435<\/p>\n

 
\n\u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0451\u0442\u0435\u0446 \u0432\u0437\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442.<\/p>\n

\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0431\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0432 \u043d\u0438\u0433\u0434\u0435.<\/p>\n

\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0431\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0432 \u043d\u0438\u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0451\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0435\u043c<\/p>\n

\u041d\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0447\u0438\u043c \u043d\u0435 \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0439\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043b\u044e\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0438 \u00ab\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u00bb:<\/p>\n

\u041d\u043e \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043c \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0439: \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043c \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043c \u0422\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0430 \u0418.\u0421.<\/p>\n

\u0412 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u043b\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f<\/p>\n

\u0427\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0422\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0430 \u0418.\u0421.<\/p>\n

\u041c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043d\u0435\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043d\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u044b\u043c<\/p>\n

\u041d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u043c \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043e:<\/p>\n

 
\n\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u043d \u0432 \u0437\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0435<\/p>\n

\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u043d \u0432 \u0430\u0434\u0443<\/p>\n

\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u043d \u0432 \u0431\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435<\/p>\n

\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u043d \u0432 \u0441\u0430\u0434\u0443 \u0422\u044e\u0438\u043b\u044c\u0440\u0438 \u0436\u0434\u0451\u0442 \u0417\u043e\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0442\u0438\u0442 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0438:<\/p>\n

Jamais encore<\/p>\n

\u0418\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0446 \u043b\u0438 \u044f \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0442\u043e?<\/p>\n

\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u043d \u0438\u0434\u0451\u0442 \u0432 \u0442\u0435\u0430\u0442\u0440 \u043e\u043f\u0430\u0437\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0440\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0443\u043b \u0432 \u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435<\/p>\n

\u0412\u0441\u0435 \u0448\u0438\u043a\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0448\u0438\u043a\u0430\u044e\u0442<\/p>\n

\u0412\u0438\u0430\u0440\u0434\u043e \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/p>\n

\u0426\u044b\u0433\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0437\u044c\u044f\u043d\u0430<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0431\u044b\u0435\u00bb<\/p>\n

 
\n\u041e\u043d \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442 \u0438\u0437 \u0442\u0435\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0430<\/p>\n

\u0423 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0433\u0443\u0431\u044b \u0434\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430\u0442<\/p>\n

\u0423 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0443\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430\u0442<\/p>\n

\u0413\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434 \u041f\u0411 \u0432\u044b\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0443 \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/p>\n

\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0448\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0443<\/p>\n

 
\n\u0427\u0442\u043e \u044f \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044e \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u044f \u043d\u0435 \u0432 \u041f\u0443\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e<\/p>\n

\u041a\u0442\u043e \u044f \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u044f \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u044e \u043d\u0435 \u0422\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/p>\n

\u0417\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043c \u044f \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u044f \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0438\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438\u043b\u0443 \u043e\u0442\u0446\u0430:<\/p>\n

\u0412 \u041f\u0443\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e \u043e\u043d \u043d\u0435\u0436\u043d\u043e\/\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043d\u043e\/\u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043a\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b \u043c\u043e\u0438 \u0441\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0438<\/p>\n

\u0421 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430\u044f \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/p>\n

\u0414\u0417\u041e\u0422<\/p>\n

\u0412\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0433 \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043b\u043e\u0449\u0430\u0434\u043a\u0430\u2014<\/p>\n

\u0422\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c \u043f\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u041a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0436\u0435\u043d \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0422\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0443?<\/p>\n

\u041a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u043c \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0435\u0442 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0430\u0442\u043b\u0435\u0442\u044c?<\/p>\n

 
\n\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u041e\u043d \u043e\u0440\u0435\u0442 (\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0432\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u043c \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u043e\u043c- \u0433\u0438\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0442 \u0441 \u0432\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u0438\u043c \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u043e\u043c- \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043d\u043e)<\/p>\n

\u041d\u0430 \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442 \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0447\u0443\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0422\u043e\u043b\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e?<\/p>\n

\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u041e\u043d \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0442, \u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0445, \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u0412\u0438\u0430\u0440\u0434\u043e (\u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430\u044f \u0432\u0435\u0440\u043e\u044f\u0442\u043d\u043e \u0432 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u0443 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0435\u044f\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0436\u0435 \u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0430)?<\/p>\n

\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u041e\u043d, \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0443\u0447\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d \u0432 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0451 \u0438\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u043e \u0413\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043b\u044e,<\/p>\n

\u0411\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0451\u0442 \u043f\u043e \u043e\u0441\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u043e\u0441\u0438\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u0441 \u0440\u044b\u0436\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0441\u043e\u043c?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u0414\u0430 \u2014 \u0432\u043e\u0442 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u043f\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0432\u044b\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c:<\/p>\n

\u041e\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0439\u0441\u044f \u0441\u043c\u0435\u043b\u044b\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044b\u0439 <\/p>\n

\u041d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0446 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/p>\n

\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442;<\/p>\n

\u041f\u0451\u0441 \u043e\u0431\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043a \u0438 \u0443\u043b\u044b\u0431\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/p>\n

\u041d\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0445\u0440\u0435\u043d \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0436\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u044d\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u0430\u043c\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438:<\/p>\n

\u0422\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0448\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043b\u0438\u0446\u0430- \u0431\u0443\u043a\u0432\u044b \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0442\u0432\u044b\u0445\u2014<\/p>\n

 
\n\u0421\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f \u0432\u044b \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 (\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439) \u0432\u044b\u0441\u043e\u0442\u0435.
\n 
\n 
\n Pulkovo Heights<\/strong>
\n                           
\n       To Yasha<\/em>
\n 
\nA perfect airfield<\/p>\n

Covered with bright August grass<\/p>\n

Yet clearly not Pulkovo<\/p>\n

What am I doing here<\/p>\n

Better not get any further into this<\/p>\n

The answer may upset you<\/p>\n

May leave you shaken<\/p>\n

May break your heart<\/p>\n

 
\nA pint-size airplane lifts off.<\/p>\n

Manufactures an hour and a half of being nowhere.<\/p>\n

Being nowhere gives you an opportunity to be something other than nobody<\/p>\n

Not a laborer not a performer of duties in neutral gear not a pedantic observer of propriety:<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say to be oneself: a reader of let\u2019s say Turgenev, I.S. <\/p>\n

In our cursed times<\/p>\n

Reading Turgenev, I.S.<\/p>\n

Can appear something disingenuous something imprudent indecent<\/p>\n

Reminiscent of what he was like himself:<\/p>\n

 
\nSee him in prison<\/p>\n

See him in hell<\/p>\n

See him in a brothel<\/p>\n

See him in the the Tuileries Garden waiting for Zola and scribbling with his stick on gravel:<\/p>\n

Jamais encore<\/p>\n

Am I a foreigner or what?<\/p>\n

See him in the theater running late overturning a chair in the loge<\/p>\n

Everyone hisses hushes<\/p>\n

Viardot is ugly<\/p>\n

A gypsy a monkey <\/p>\n

\u201cRussians are all so boorish\u201d<\/p>\n

He leaves the theater<\/p>\n

His hands tremble<\/p>\n

His lips quiver<\/p>\n

The city of PB makes him<\/p>\n

sick with its beauty<\/p>\n

 
\nWhat am I doing if I\u2019m not at Pulkovo<\/p>\n

Who am I if what I\u2019m reading isn\u2019t Turgenev<\/p>\n

Why do I exist if I\u2019ve left my father\u2019s grave:<\/p>\n

So tenderly\/laughably\/protectively he pushed my sled in Pulkovo <\/p>\n

Down the side of a hillock in fact an old defensive structure<\/p>\n

A DFP<\/p>\n

Around which a playground has sprung up \u2013<\/p>\n

Such is the life of a monument.<\/p>\n

 
\nWhat should a Turgenev monument be like?<\/p>\n

Which moment should it commemorate?<\/p>\n

 
\nHim yelling (in a high-pitched voice \u2013 a giant with a high-pitched voice \u2013 weird)<\/p>\n

At Tolstoy who\u2019s grown weary of his sentimentality?<\/p>\n

Him on his knees, weeping in front of Viardot (who probably still gave in to him in a fit of absent-mindedness)?<\/p>\n

Him, confined in his family estate for publishing a dirge for Gogol,<\/p>\n

Wandering the autumn aspen grove with a red dog?<\/p>\n

 
\nYes, let this be his monument:<\/p>\n

Defiant daring derisive<\/p>\n

Free at last<\/p>\n

whistling a tune;<\/p>\n

The dog finds him an aspen mushroom and grins<\/p>\n

And yet, screw all these monuments:<\/p>\n

Just the scary beguiling letter-faces of the dead \u2013<\/p>\n

 
\nYou weren’t at your highest (heights) today.
\n 
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