Polina Barskova | The Common

November 2021 Poetry Feature

November 26, 2021 Poetry, Translation

New poems by our contributors.

Table of Contents:

POLINA BARSKOVA | Joy (translated by Valzhyna Mort, appears in both Russian and English)

ALDO AMPARÁN | Parable of the Haunted Cloak

TOM SLEIGH | A Dictator Walks into a Bar

October 29, 2018 Issue 16, Issue 16 Poetry, Poetry, Translation

Translated by VALZHYNA MORT

Old Lady Gippius
of a tumorous Adam’s apple
from a damned balcony
watches
an officer fool with a puppy.

July 2, 2015 Poetry, Translation

Please join us in welcoming Ukrainian poet SERHIY ZHADAN to our pages—and look for more of his work forthcoming in our print journal.

All poems translated by Ostap Kin. With an introduction by Polina Barskova.

November 1, 2013 Issue 06, Issue 06 Poetry, Poetry, Translation

The dark-winged prostitutes at the bus station in Boston

Look like pleasure boats or better sharp-breasted bathing beauties

At full sail on the waters of Saint-Malo

But this analogy like cheap shorts is too tight

And chafes your thighs