Current Issue About Editorial Note Archives Submitting Links		Vladimir Burich Translated from the Russian by Alex Cigale The Theory of Longing The elbow's crook inscribed with the head's circumference No need to prove anything Night Lying on my back inspecting the ceiling with my ears full of tears * * * What is it I expect from the coming day? Newspapers * * * Finally my face has accustomed to shaving and it's time to die   Vladimir Burich (1932-1994) was a leading theoretician of Russian free verse and a translator of Polish and Yugoslav poetry. He spent his working life as an editor at the publishing house Molodaya Gvardia (Youth Guard). His poetry began to appear in the 80s in the first Russian free verse journals, White Square and Time X, and his 1972 article in Questions of Literature ,"What is Free Verse Free From," was among the first to advocate for it. He died in Macedonia while participating in an international poetry festival. Next Poem
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