Habibullo-Eugene Kiselev
A Synopsis of my Life
November 5th, 2018, Monday, 06:53:55 p.m.
Yekaterinburg, Russia. GMT 05:00
Tonight, I have had a telephone conversation with Lubov Ladeishchikova. I wanted to find out her opinion about the religious poetry of Tamara Isakova. Lubov Ladeishchikova said that her poems could hardly be called poetry. “These are just verses, however, I would not call them “poetry” in the full sense of this word” – she said. She also advised me against asking Tamara to write a foreword for my third collection of poetry. “Tamara is a Protestant; her verses could be understood among her brothers and sisters in the church she attends. Some things may sound strange or incomprehensible to the public” – Lubov Ladeishchikova said. I asked her if she could call this “for internal use”. Ladeishchikova said “yes”.
We talked a little bit about spirituality and faith. I was aware of the fact, that Lubov Ladeishchikova was a Russian Orthodox believer. Therefore, the topics of faith and religion were not mere words to her. I deliberately did not ask Eugene Lobanov about it, for he is a pure atheist. Regardless of being a believer, she did not call Tamara’s verses “poetry”, she was even perplexed about the fact that Tamara Isakova had once been admitted to the Literary Institute in Moscow. “We now have paid education, and anyone can study anything. I do not think, that Constantine Simonov, for example, would have admitted her to his seminar, not because she was religious, but rather because her verses were poor” – Lubov Anatolievna Ladeishchikova concluded. When I said I had asked Galina Titova to write a foreword for my book, Lubov Ladeishchikova said, “This would be a good option.”
Frankly speaking, I no longer want to meet Tamara before the seminar. Nevertheless, I think I will come. Who knows, maybe she will communicate something to me.
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