Close to Tower Bridge, London, December 2020
This small piece of street art caught my eye as I wandered along the north bank of the Thames a week or two ago. It was only when I started to edit the photo that I realised it has a message entwined in the flowers – a poetic message in Russian.
It’s an extract from a poem by Robert Rozhdestvensky:
-Здравствуй! Кого я вижу!
Больно глазам!
-Hi! Whom do I see!
It hurts your eyes!
Just like in a fairy tale:
suddenly, in the middle of winter – a summer miracle!
So don’t believe in miracles …
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 December 2020
Enjoying street art has become a regular event on my travels around the world: more of my findings can be seen here
For even more art, pop over to see Sami at Monday Mural
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Travel with Intent 
how wonderful – rather special you spotted the poem afterwards. Hope all went well yesterday driving up to see your mum
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Went ok. Broke the border with no problem 🙂 we were inundated by signs but there were more about Operation Stack on the M20 than about tier 4
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Oh that’s great 🙂
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It is pretty and a perfect match for the poem.
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Ah, well done! Lovely.
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Well done for spotting this, and, I presume translating it
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This is so lovely 🙏
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Sweet.
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oh, I love this!
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Stunning mural and wonderful translation. Is there anything you CAN’T do Debbie?
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I nearly couldn’t! And Russian was what I studied at University, albeit a very long time ago.
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Very pretty and I’m impressed that you speak Russian. I would have been using the camera part of Google translate!
janet
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I did Russian at university, but I can barely speak it anymore. 😦
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Great find Debbie and nice that you spotted the poem. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals.
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Oh, well sleuthed!
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It took a while for some of the letters to gel in my head. Not used to reading handwritten Russian. Then it was easy. Sounded like a poem and a quick Google search revealed the author. 🙂
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Your brain’s in gear 😉
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🙂
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Totally agree!
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♥️
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What a beautiful thing, Debs! Thanks for sharing 🙂 🙂
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Love your work. ❤
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