Matryona's house. -- For the good of the cause. -- The Easter procession. -- Zakhar-the-Pauch. -- The right hand. -- An incident at Krechetovka station. -- Prose poems: Freedom to breathe, Lake Segden. The duckling. The ashes of a poet. The Elm log. Reflections. The city on the Neva. The puppy. The old bucket. In Yesenin country. The kolkhoz rucksack. The bonfire and the ants. A storm in the mountains. A journey along the Oka. At the start of the day. We will never die.