Contributor

Aleksey Porvin

Contributor

Aleksey Porvin

Russia

Aleksey Porvin is a contemporary Russian poet. Translations of his poems can be found in Ryga Journal, St. Petersburg Review, SUSS, The Dirty Goat, World Literature Today, and The New Formalist, among others....

His poetry collections include The Darkness is White (Argo-Risk Press, 2009) and Live By Fire (Cold Hub Press, 2011), which was his first book published in English. His poetry was shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and The Russian Debut Prize. He lives with his wife in St. Petersburg.

Until the Threads Burn to Ash

By Aleksey Porvin

Hold an assault rifle with my hand, use my mouth

Translated from Russian by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler

Soul, you are a street

By Aleksey Porvin

Soul, you are a street, leading into rain / from the outskirts full of dry leaves

Translated from Russian by Peter Golub

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Aleksey Porvin

Aleksey Porvin

Articles by Aleksey Porvin

Until the Threads Burn to Ash

Soul, you are a street