Woman, religion, the way everyone chooses for themselves. Y. Levitansky and his poems

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Recently, here and there, one hears the lines “Woman, religion, the way everyone chooses for themselves…”. Someone agrees with them, someone does not, but they do not leave anyone indifferent, and even for a minute, they make you think about your life. Are we on the right road, who are our fellow travelers, and what do we believe in when we say the words of prayer… So who is the author of these lines? Let's figure it out together.

Poet

He is a poet and our contemporary. Lines from his numerous poems are on everyone's lips. They are about loneliness, about the endless search for oneself in this vast world, about love and friendship and, of course, about the transience of everything that exists, except for hope. If you have not yet guessed who we are talking about, then allow me to introduce - Yuri Levitansky. It is he who is the author of the famous lines: “Everyone chooses for himself a woman, a religion, a road…”.

Years of experiences

Yuri Levitansky went through the whole war. The Great Patriotic War has always been an unhealed wound for him. It couldn't be otherwise. A man of deep soul cannot see and immediately forget. He passes everything through himself, and much, if not all, remains with him forever. It hurts and aches, but at the same time it cleanses and gives the right to feel life more subtle and deeper. The poetic works of Y. Levitansky are a vivid confirmation of this. The poem “Woman, religion, everyone chooses their own way…” is no exception. Critics were surprised that his poetic works from year to year become more transparent, weightless, as if his soul continues to grow younger, without bowing to the continuous flow of time. Apparently she knew something…

Creativity

In the poem “Woman, religion, the way everyone chooses for themselves…” he does not condemn the reader for the chosen way of life and says that “there are no complaints against anyone”. Yu. Levitansky only offers to once again step aside and take a look at ourselves and our lives from the outside: who do we serve - “the devil or the prophet”, what words of love do we know, what is actually concealed by our appeal to God - faith, humility or fear, and, finally, what role do we play, what do we change into - in “shield and armor” or take “staff and patches” with us. No one knows what is the truth, and why it happens one way or another. No one can say for sure what our choice depends on, whether it is right or wrong, and whether it exists in the world. The poet is notseparates himself, and admits that "I also choose - as best I can." But at the same time, he warns that ignorance or unwillingness to know does not exempt from responsibility, the punishment will knock on the door anyway, and what it will be - "the measure of the final retribution" - we again choose for ourselves.

The poem “A woman, a religion, a road everyone chooses for themselves…” is, first of all, a reflection. It is strict, but not loud. It is principled, but understanding and not judgmental. It is simple but wise. However, like all the work of the poet, like himself.