VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY
THE BEDBUG AND SELECTED POETRY
edited by Patricia Blake
THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY
NEW YORK AND CLEVELAND
CONTENTS
Introduction by Patricia Blake9
SELECTED POETRY
1 I53
2 The Cloud in Trousers61
3 The Backbone Flute111
4 To His Beloved Self, the Author Dedicates These Lines133
5 An Extraordinary Adventure137
6 Order No. 2 to the Army of the Arts145
7 I Love151
8 Brooklyn Bridge173
9 Back Home!183
10 Conversation with a Tax Collector about Poetry191
11 Letter from Paris to Comrade Kostrov on the Nature of Love209
12 At the Top of My Voice221
13 Past One O'clock . . .237
THE BEDBUG241
Notes305
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