Andrey Voznesensky: Likeness

Andrey Voznesensky was Soviet poet. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
Andrey Voznesensky: 16   quotes 1   like

“Along a parabola life like a rocket flies,
Mainly in darkness, now and then on a rainbow.”

Andrey Voznesensky

"Parabolic Ballad"; translated by W. H. Auden, p. 113.
Antiworlds, and the Fifth Ace

Life

“I have hurled westward the ashes of the uninvited guest!
and hammered stars into the unforgetting sky – like nails
I am Goya.”

Andrey Voznesensky

"I am Goya"; translated by Stanley Kunitz, p. 3.
Antiworlds, and the Fifth Ace

Star

“The urge to kill, like the urge to beget,
Is blind and sinister. Its craving is set
Today on the flesh of a hare: tomorrow it can
Howl the same way for the flesh of a man.”

Andrey Voznesensky

"Hunting a Hare"; translated by W.H. Auden, p. 13.
Antiworlds, and the Fifth Ace

Way