Occasional and Joke Poems

by Osip Mandelstam

Parallel to his more famous poems about the buildings of St. Petersburg, the shores of the Black Sea, and the streets of Voronezh, Mandelstam wrote many brief, spontaneous poems about his friends, enemies and everyday occurrences over his entire writing life. Though his poetic, political and personal trajectory was to be a lonely one, he in fact had a convivial and gregarious personality, of which these poems are a product. This volume collects them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848618360
• ISBN13: 9781848618367
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"