The Life, the Universe, and Everything
Discourse
When I talk about definitions, I think it is important. For me, at least.
A discourse – a conversation, talk. (apart from other meanings).
Origin: Latin dis – in different directions + currere – run.
An example? Oh, my goodness! I often listen to the songs on the www.youtube.com. And how many times I had encountered absolutely insane [...]
As far as the author has been able to observe in the course of his life, most people, even the most educated, have neither any awareness nor any understanding of the fact that they exist in history. The majority think that everything will always be the way it is today. And if a historical event [...]
Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1895 – 27 Dec. 1925)
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The golden birch-tree grove has fallen silent
Its merry chatter having stopped afore,
The cranes up there flying over, sullen,
Have nobody to pity any more.
Whom should they pity? Each is just a trotter.
One comes and goes and leaves for good again.
The moon and hempen bush above the [...]
Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1895 – 27 Dec. 1925)
My Life
It appears, my life is fated to torment;
My way is dammed up by grief and distress.
My life has been severed from fun and enjoyment,
Vexation and wounds are afflicting my chest.
It seems I’m fated to suffer from pain.
All I have in this life are bad luck and [...]
Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1895 – 27 Dec. 1925)
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I will not deceive myself, admitting
I have worries in my heart, so dreary.
Why am I reputed as a cheating
Crook and trouble-maker, really?
I am not a villain nor a thief in hiding,
And I never shot imprisoned convicts.
I am just a thoughtless idler, smiling
Friendly and avoiding conflicts.
I [...]
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