Poems by Galina Erickson

Galina Erickson lives in New York, but her voice belongs to the Russian language. Her poems are written in Russian, carrying the cadence of memory, longing, and love. Each verse is accompanied by her own paintings, where brushstrokes echo the emotions of her words. Together, they form a dialogue between text and image — intimate, fragile, and deeply human.
Her poetry is not only about personal grief or joy, but about the collective memory of generations. In her lines, the private becomes uni...