Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Looking at a photograph of Mayakovsky ...



I'm looking at a photograph of Mayakovsky - 

The poet could be a New Jersey hood, snapped by Weegee - 

He stands, glowering, clutching some dangerous verses - 

There are listeners gathered behind every wall - 

Poetry is a matter of life and death in this city of tomorrow - 

I think of Ossip's words - 

He rolls executions on his tongue like berries -


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Wednesday 8 November 2017

The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset 

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