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Justin Ehrlich was born in Essex in 1985 and has a degree in Philosophy. He writes poetry and short fiction dealing with themes of death, insanity and the supernatural.

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July 5th, 4:58am 0 comments

Alexander Blok 1880 - 1921

Into Crimson Dark

 

Into crimson dark thou goest,

Thy vast orbits mock the eye.

Small the echo that thou throwest,

Far, I hear thy footfalls die.

 

Art thou near? - too far for greeting?

Lost in topless altitudes?

Shall I wait a sudden meeting

Where sonorous stillness broods?

 

In the solitude resounding

Distant footsteps echo free.

Is it thou who flamest, bounding

Circles of infinity?

Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880 - 1928 - Mountains in Winter

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