Когда я был таким, как ты. Для детей и взрослых

Detskiĭ poėt Lev Rakhlis rodilsi͡a na Ukraine. Stikhi stal pisatʹ, buduchi studentom Cheli͡abinskogo pedagogicheskogo instituta. S 1993 goda zhil i rabotal v Atlante, shtat Dzhordzhii͡a (SShA).Po slovam Mikhaila Ėpshteĭna, Lev Rakhlis nadelen schastlivym darom - detskogo vosprii͡atii͡a mira. Ėto nevozmozhno poddelatʹ, ėto dano ili ne dano.Stikhi Lʹva Rakhlisa obrashcheny k byvshim deti͡am i budushchim vzroslym. U khorosheĭ detskoĭ poėzii dvoĭnai͡a t͡selʹ i t͡sennostʹ: deti͡am ona pomogaet osvaivatʹ mir, a vzroslym - ego ostrani͡atʹ.

The children's poet Lev Rakhlis was born in Ukraine. He began writing poetry as a student of the Chelyabinsk Pedagogical Institute. Since 1993, he has lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).According to Mikhail Epstein, Lev Rakhlis is endowed with a happy gift – a child's perception of the world. It cannot be faked, it is given or not given.Lev Rakhlis's poems are addressed to former children and future adults. Good children's poetry has a double purpose and value: it helps children to master the world, and adults to remove it.