tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post1126720078541831205..comments2024-03-19T21:41:42.835+01:00Comments on Poemas del río Wang: Waiting for you, comrade birdStudiolumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-50297629934181196042012-11-09T15:27:07.223+01:002012-11-09T15:27:07.223+01:00Interesting, I've attended a number of grade s...Interesting, I've attended a number of grade schools and ecology student circles in Russia before the 1970's, but never heard of the Bird Day celebrations, and never seen this silly propaganda verse either. Of course we never missed a chance to celebrate April's Fool Day on the same date, but AFAICT the International Bird Day is something very pos-Soviet and peculiarly Russian despite its name ... I venture to guess that it may be an invention of some humor-deprived educators who can't stand being the butt of April Foll's jokes. <br /><br />As to Mayakovsky ... the lunacy of his later-period activist verse nonwithstanding, he is a great poet, and his love poems and cityscapes are unsurpassed IMVHO. Just listen to him reading "And could you?" for example at<br /> max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Demo/texts/andcouldyou.htmlMOCKBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150628026789690963noreply@blogger.com