boris timofeev, the poem is called john's matchmaking. once i found it in one of the collections and brought it to the stage, it was a great success, and even someone composed songs on this topic, on these poems, a poem was written in robert’s style. but it was written by a wonderful poet-humorist, boris timofeev. in love with the beautiful mary with all his heart, john went to his father with this news. father, share my joy with me, i am going to call mary my wife. the young man’s gaze burns with tender passion, but the father speaks to his son with a sigh. behind mother mary 20 years ago i was courting, i admit it’s my fault, you don’t make wedding plans, son, you have to, mary, with your sister, i was amazed by such sudden news, i was upset for 2 months, john, but i saw clara and fell in love with her so much that... he forgot all his sorrows, with a cheerful face he comes to his father, with my beloved clara i go to the crown, again failure, he answers, it’s been nineteen years since then, in short, it’s time to reveal my secret, and