In the new book of poems by Svetlana Gennadievna Leontyeva, the reader will find answers to important questions of our time about the fate of a Russian woman in a world shuddering from wars, from the winds that pierce time. The book contains poems reflecting on the present day; the present is shown through the prism of the past in order to answer the main, comprehensive question for oneself at the same time softly and unobtrusively, but unshakably and directly. Here for the first time the cycle of poems “Earth”, “The Gates of Thebaid” is published - this is an appeal to all people who are not indifferent to what is happening, in poetic form.