Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow Of crystal, wandering water, Thou art an emblem of the glow Of beauty—the unhidden heart— The playful maziness of art In old Alberto’s daughter; But when within ...
One of my strongest poetry memories took place at a black-tie dinner at the Library of Congress where George W. Bush introduced his wife Laura with a poem. He explained that she had been away on a ...
Brik immediately decided to publish the poem at his own expense, thus beginning his own literary career: he was to become a critic and theoretician, an editor of Mayakovsky’s work, and a close ...