I understand the power and the alarm of words – Not those t… - Vladimir Mayakovsky

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I understand the power and the alarm of words –
Not those that they applaud from theatre-boxes,
but those which make coffins break from bearers
and on their four oak legs walk right away.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July 1893 NS – 14 April 1930) was a Georgian-born Russian playwright, screenwriter and poet. A Bolshevik activist before 1917, he became the pre-eminent poet of the Russian Revolution and one of the leading literary figures of the Futurist movement.

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Native Name: Владимир Маяковский

Alternative Names: Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky • Vladimir Maiakovsky • Vladimir Mayakov • Vladimir Vladimirovich Majakovski • Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Majakovskij • Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski • Vladimir Vladimirovic Mayakovskij • Vladimir Vladimirovič Majakovskij • Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский

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Agitprop sticks in my teeth too,
and I'd rather compose romances for you –
more profit in it and more charm.
But I subdued myself, setting my heel
on the throat of my own song.

On the pavement
of my trampled soul
the steps of madmen
weave the prints of rude crude words.

Hey, you!
Heaven!
Off with your hat!
I am coming! Not a sound. The universe sleeps,
its huge paw curled
upon a star-infested ear.

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