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keetu's review against another edition
4.5
A tiny book, but bursting with a wild excited energy and animated metaphors evoking images of street life. The parts from 'Mayakovsky' are especially dramatic, being literally from his first play, and the style remains throughout these works. Fascinating bit of stuff. My favourite is 'The Backbone-Flute':
"To all of you —
those I liked or like —
cherished as icons in the cave of my soul,
solemnly, I raise as a goblet of wine
the skull filled with my poetry."
"To all of you —
those I liked or like —
cherished as icons in the cave of my soul,
solemnly, I raise as a goblet of wine
the skull filled with my poetry."
mc900ft's review against another edition
5.0
uh, wow beautiful words. an amazing choice for the pocket poets series. poetry - written b/t 1913-1918 in russia. small gathering of poems with such power, and read beautifully in their english translation. the poem "mayakovsky" owns it.
ceah_reads's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Listen! ranges from laugh-out-loud funny (foot-clobbered soul!) to tender, from teasing to sad. My full review is available here.
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