Against This Age
AGAINST THIS AGE
MAXWELL BODENHEIM
BONI AND LIVERIGHT PUBLISHERS : : NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To FEDYA AND MINNA FOUR EYES WITHIN A BLIND WORLD
Some of the poems in this book have appeared in The Century , The Bookman , The Nation , The Dial , The Menorah Journal , Broom , The Double Dealer , Shadowland , and Harper’s Magazine .
AGAINST THIS AGE
Maxwell Bodenheim
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AGAINST THIS AGE
CONTENTS
BABY
NIGHTMARE AND SOMETHING DELICATE
REGARDING AN AMERICAN VILLAGE
THREE PORTRAITS
DEFINITIONS
TO A CORPULENT SINGER
TOPSY-TURVY
REVILE THE ACROBAT
COMPULSORY TASKS
RHYMED CONVERSATION WITH MONEY
HIGHLY DELIBERATE POEM
POEM
REALISTIC CREATOR
CITY STREETS
GIRL
COLOR AND A WOMAN
RELUCTANT LADY
PSYCHOLOGY FROM MARS
TO TIME
DECADENT DUET
POEM TO A POLICEMAN
INTIMATE SCENE
NEW YORK CITY
WE WANT LYRICS
A VISITOR FROM MARS SMILES
SURPRISE