Backbone Flute
Backbone Flute (Флейта-позвоночник, Fleita-pozvonochnik) is a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky written in the autumn of 1915 and first published in December of that year in Vzyal (Взял, Took) almanac, heavily censored. Its first unabridged version appeared in March 1919, in Vladimir Mayakovsky's Collected Works 1909-1919.
1919 edition book cover | |
| Author | Vladimir Mayakovsky |
|---|---|
| Original title | Флейта-позвоночник |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Poem |
Publication date | 1915 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | A Cloud in Trousers |
| Followed by | The War and the World |
The poem deals with the themes of passionate love hurled down to the feet of a woman who still prefers safe haven of domesticity and social status provided by her successful husband, vengeful God's cruelty, death and suicide.
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