On "Funny" Poetry

Abstract

Prior to the revolution there were dozens of children's magazines coming out, including Little Glow Worm [Svetliachok], The Guiding Light [Putevoi ogonek], Heart-to-Heart [Zadushevnoe slovo], and The Path [Tropinka]. There, if rather rarely, one could sometimes read an interesting story or novella, but the poetry in these magazines was feeble and altogether lacking in emotion.