«Bo-be-o-bee1 sang the mouth / Ve-e-o-mee sang the orbs / Pee-e-e-o sang the brows / Lee-e-e-ey sang the look / Gzee-gzee-gze-o sang the chain / Thus on a canvas of would-be connections / In another dimension there lived the Face. ____ / 1. Khlebnikov wrote in his notebook: “B is bri...»
«Persons, people, and the years1 / Run away forever more / Like the river past the shore. / Nature’s supple glass reveals / Stars — a net, the fishes — we, / Gods — the figments in the deep. ____ / 1. The poem invites comparison with Gavriil Derzhavin’s well-known "The river of...»
«I need but little! A crust of bread / and just a drop of mild / sky overhead, / these clouds above the hill!»
«Hey, you sharp little con men! / The wind is in your head. / In Pugachovian sheepskins / Down Moscow’s streets I tread. / It wasn’t for this we had / The great truth on our side, / So in sables and trotters / All these mockers could ride. / It wasn’t for this the foe / Poured...»