Sergey Yesenin Some people think, that the best Russian poet is Pushkin. Maybe, they're right, but my favorite Russian poet is Yesenin. He was a really national poet. Yesenin was born in a small village in 1895. He wrote a lot of famous poems about Russian village and nature, but my favorite poems are about soul and love. He was in love with an American dancer Isadora Duncan, and because of that reason he made a lot of sad poems. For example: You don't love me and don't feel compassion Don't you think that now I look my best? Though you look aside you're thrilled with a passion As you put your arms upon my chest Another biggest theme in his creation was a poems about motherland and soul: For example: I don't regret and do not shed tears All, like haze of apple trees, must pass Turning gold, I'm fading, it appears I will not be young again, alas He was like a symbol of a Russian passion, love and an unconscious aspiration to a self destruction.