Pushkin Night at the Little Grill

When was the last time you heard Russian poetry at the
Little Grill?

That's why you have to come to the open mic every Thursday night.

Steve-o outdid himself (which is not so easy to do) by reciting an Alexander Pushkin poem entitled "I Loved You Once":

I loved you once; love still, perhaps,
Within my soul is not completely extinguished.
But let it not trouble you further;
I do not want to sorrow you for anything.

I loved you once without words, hopelessly;
Now by joy, now jealousy tormented.
I loved you once so sincerely, so tenderly -
As God grant you to be loved by another.

© 1998, Terrence Donnelly

I don't know if he was countering my 'Stanzas' by Lord Byron (see earlier post).

I also tossed in 'So Horribly True', a short poem I just wrote, followed by three sentence poems I wrote back in aught three: 'Why Did You Have To', 'Who Told You', and 'With One Hug'.

Noah* and I cleared the place out after it was all over with a startling rendition of 'A Horse With No Name' by America.

*stand-in host as Chris Howdyshell was over the mountain performing with his band at the Gravity Lounge.