tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post2477643001504932066..comments2024-03-27T02:38:43.721-07:00Comments on The Devushka Diaries: Post-ScriptUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-35210840192930844192011-03-08T03:44:22.396-08:002011-03-08T03:44:22.396-08:00That Dima looks like an attention... addict :)
The...That Dima looks like an attention... addict :)<br />The translation (direct, non-rhymed)<br />A little boy did find a pineapple,<br />Which was, in fact, a german bomb,<br />A little boy tried to eat it,<br />His jaw was found about six kilometers away.<br /><br />I don't know about kids today, but in my childhood there were tons of such poems. We were delighted to learn new ones and to tell each other and laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-32697787015157056042011-03-08T02:32:17.586-08:002011-03-08T02:32:17.586-08:00No I've never heard these poems before. I unde...No I've never heard these poems before. I understand about half of the one you wrote - do you mind offering a translation? :)<br /><br />And this kid is crazy with a capital C. He burst into the teacher's room one day and demanded to know if I was acquainted with the poet Gumilyov. I said I had heard of him (all I really know is that he was married to Anna Akhmatova and was killed by the Bolsheviks) and Dima promptly adopted this theatrical pose, one fist raised and clenched, and launched into a dramatic memorization of one of Gumilyov's poems. It was soooo awkward...no one has ever recited poetry to me before haha so I had no idea where to look...do I look at him? Do I look around the room? All the other teachers were just stunned...<br /><br />I have tons of Dima stories - he is such a character!KStarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130028440012532492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-62599504517194836062011-03-07T06:48:36.159-08:002011-03-07T06:48:36.159-08:00Its just a russian sense of humor, which is macabr...Its just a russian sense of humor, which is macabre sometimes.<br />Ever heard short poems about "A little kid"? When I was 8, we loved them. My favorite was:<br />Маленький мальчик нашел ананас,<br />Им оказался немецкий фугас,<br />Маленький мальчик хотел его съесть -<br />Челюсть нашли километров за шесть.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-29535941144711296652011-03-06T20:02:35.062-08:002011-03-06T20:02:35.062-08:00Hahaha...I think I know the kid...Hahaha...I think I know the kid...Nate Drescherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616820586588551280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038176319418564720.post-40436981729422937872011-03-05T08:22:50.452-08:002011-03-05T08:22:50.452-08:00You and men...or boys in this case, but still...ca...You and men...or boys in this case, but still...careful when you open a present from him.Loshkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212452671192604924noreply@blogger.com