Semyon Khanin was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1970. He is the author of two collections of poetry in Russian, Tol'ko chto (2003; Just now) and Opushchennye podrobnosti(2008; Missed details). His poetry has been translated into Latvian, English, Czech, German, Italian, Swedish, Estonian, and Ukranian. He is a participant in the literary project Orbita and editor of the almanac by the same name.
why did I keep yelling I'm an electricianI'm no electrician
what came over me
I gestured at outletscozied up to the circuit box, held the meter close
no one is buying it
here's my license, look, my ce...
Neither tomorrow nor today
Poem by Semyon Khanin. Video by Edmunds Jansons.
When we run out of jazz
Poem by Sergei Timofeyev. Video by Artur Punte and Sergei Timofeyev.