Poems with illustrations and comments

"There is no poet larger than Akhmatova in our century" — said Joseph Brodsky about Marina Tsvetaeva, meaning not only the space of Russia. "By rejecting the moralizing filter, not caring about the boundaries of decency and permissible, Marina Tsvetaeva allowed all the voices she heard within herself to be heard, not just those for which, in her own words, she would agree to die at seven in the morning."