“The death on Tuesday of Andrei Voznesensky, a stirring poet of the post-Stalin ‘thaw era’ in the 1950s and early 1960s, caused many to recall a time when [poetry’s] reach was enormous. Voznesensky’s generation of poets, which included Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Bella Akhmadulina, declaimed their work in sports stadiums to overflow crowds.”