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.

CONTENTS

Baby [11]
Nightmare and Something Delicate [ 13]
Regarding an American Village[ 22]
Three Portraits [ 25]
Definitions [ 28]
To a Corpulent Singer [ 29]
Topsy-Turvy [ 30]
Revile the Acrobat [ 32]
Compulsory Tasks [ 34]
Rhymed Conversation with Money [ 36]
Highly Deliberate Poem [ 38]
Poem [ 40]
Realistic Creator[ 41]
City Streets [ 42]
Decadent Cry [ 43]
Girl [ 44]
Color and a Woman [ 46]
Reluctant Lady [ 48]
Psychology from Mars [ 49]
To Time [ 51]
Decadent Duet [ 52]
Poem to a Policeman [ 54]
Intimate Scene[ 56]
New York City [ 58]
We Want Lyrics [ 60]
A Visitor from Mars Smiles [ 62]
Surprise [ 63]