"Thank You, God..." Poem by Anna Akhmatova

"Thank You, God..."

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Thank you, God: I dream of him more seldom,
And don't see him now in every place,
The white path with clouds has been laden,
Easy shadows o'er the waters raced.
And all day the chime of bells arose
O'er the ocean of the ploughed soil;
Here the toll is best-heard from Saint John's
Belfries which are seen afar, the tall.
I am cutting off the lilac fashioned
For the brunches that have lost their bloom;
Two black monks passed by in conversation
On the ramparts to the aging doomed.
Let, for blind me, the plain, dear and earthly
World again be turned into alive.
Our Lord has made my soul healthy
With the icy calm of the non-love.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: thank you
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
David Wood 26 August 2015

A beautiful poem that I relate to our souls indeed are made healthy again.10

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Pragya Verma 12 November 2016

Icy calm of non love.. this one phrase has made me read it again and again

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Mohabeer Beeharry 08 October 2018

There is depth here. You speak of God, this is great, it makes the write purer.

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Practicing Poetess 08 October 2019

The great and famous Russian poet Anna Akhmatova has written a poem which, to me, sounds like love lost, whether through death or otherwise. But it sounds as though she has arrived at a place of contentment, with the calm of living without love. : -)

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Kingsley Egbukole 08 October 2019

A beautiful poem of a good relationship with God. Kingsley Egbukole

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 18 June 2021

A profound poem well conveyed.

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Mahtab Bangalee 08 October 2019

I am cutting off the lilac fashioned For the brunches that have lost their bloom; Two black monks passed by in conversation On the ramparts to the aging doomed. //// greatly penned on the grateful to GOD; yeah THANK YOU O' GOD

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Adeeb Alfateh 08 October 2019

On the ramparts to the aging doomed. Let, for blind me, the plain, dear and earthly World again be turned into alive. great great great writings 10++++++++++++++

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Pranab K Chakraborty 08 October 2019

Our Lord has made my soul healthy With the icy calm of the non-love............................................................................ Excellent. Unique its poetic beauty touches my iciness. Thanks PH for putting such breadth of thinking.

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Dr Antony Theodore 08 October 2019

Our Lord has made my soul healthy With the icy calm of the non-love... a good poem. thank u. tony

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