Poet Modest Mussorgsky - World Poetry Day 2025

CONGRATULATIONS to all involved on World Poetry Day 2025!
In Russia, road accidents have been celebrated since 1999 - this is the 27th time!
March 21 is the birthday of the great Russian composer,
our countryman Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky!
MPM was not only a composer, but also a poet.
And there was nothing wrong with his
sense of humor and observation...

Modest Mussorgsky

CLASSIC

I am simple, I am clear, I am modest, polite, I am beautiful.
I'm smooth, important, and moderately passionate.,
I'm a pure classic, I'm shy,
I am a pure classic, I am courteous.

I am the worst enemy of the latest tricks,
The sworn enemy of all innovations;
Their noise and din, their terrible mess
They worry and frighten me,
and I see the coffin of art in them.

But I'm--I'm simple, but I'm--I'm clear,
I'm humble, polite, and wonderful.
I'm a pure classic, I'm shy,
I am a pure classic, I am courteous.