In the shadow of the obelisk

The poetry of Gennady Alexeev, a prominent representative of the St. Petersburg school of free verse, remained undeservedly on the periphery of readers' attention for a long time. The collection "In the Shadow of the Obelisk" includes poems and poems from different years, somehow connected with the theme of the city. It was his native city, more precisely Leningrad-St. Petersburg, that became a place of strength for the poet, an inexhaustible source of life and creative energy. Alexeev's poetic world, unusually coherent and original, is deeply permeated with the spirit of St. Petersburg. The city's space plays a crucial role in it. A number of works are being published for the first time.