Hooligan Poems

1 hr. 1 min.

Children's Books, Audio Fairy Tales & Poems

Language Russian

Author Oleg Grigoryev

Narrator Vsevolod Kuznetsov

Description

The poet Oleg Grigoriev could see adults as children, and children as adults—so readers of all ages loved him. His short texts were easy to remember, and the precision and recognizability of the “absurdity from life” only increased interest. In 1971 his book of children’s poems and stories “Oddballs” was released and quickly became a hit; later, some plots from it were used for “Yeralash” (“Hospitality” and “Orange”). Many of Grigoriev’s lines spread like city folklore. His poetics are aphorisms, paradoxes, absurdity, and a shade of black humor—so he is often compared to Daniil Kharms. This collection includes audio recordings of Oleg Grigoriev’s best poems: “My Own,” “Wind,” “Scared,” “I Screamed,” “Front and Back,” “Bee,” “Magnetic Field,” “I Hit Myself,” “The Child Jumps Through Puddles,” “From House to House,” “Blowing It,” “A Sack,” “Helpers,” “I Was Worried,” “Sham and She,” “What’s Better?,” “Mosquitoes,” “Seasoning,” “Oddball,” “Clumps,” “Stamina,” “I Ate Dinner,” “Soup,” “Akim,” “Pancake,” “We’re in the Garden,” “Garden,” “Wasps,” “Mood,” “Cake,” “Valenki,” “Ice,” “Conviction,” “What Are You Doing,” “Classic,” “Buddy,” “The Class Was Flooded…,” “What If We Turn the World Around,” “Secret,” “Reds and Grays,” “Klokov Got…,” “Studied in 6 Different…,” “Fly,” “Fly Flies,” “Kids Threw…,” “Let There Be None…,” “Coat,” “Dogs and Bystanders,” “Spring,” “Guests,” “Reception,” “Catfish,” “Definition,” “Little Window,” “Buns and Flatbreads,” “Outcry,” “Chain,” “Blanket,” “Chuvyak,” “In a Boat,” “Moth,” “Purchase,” “Rains,” “Soon,” “River,” “Bee-keeper,” “Key and Key,” “Wordplay,” “Cards,” “Russian Tag,” “Cube of Rubik,” “Two,” “Growing Vitamin,” “Egg,” “Stars,” “Sizov Played a Trick,” “Moved Forward,” “He Is Walking and Sitting,” “Vase,” “Dad Decorates the Christmas Tree,” “House,” “In Summer,” “Fell Down,” “Coward,” “Curly Smoke,” “I Run on the Grass,” “We Broke,” “Tuk,” “Playing Five,” “Height,” “If,” “Baton,” “Cornice,” “Motto,” “Hail Struck,” “Tomorrow,” “Smells in the Morning,” “Poseurs,” “Tub,” “Sidorov Wanted,” “Sidorov,” “Pie,” “Bicycle,” “Well,” “Seconds,” “Impressed,” “Kolia Goes to 1st Grade,” “Sizov Why Are You Silent,” “A Bruise Deserved It, I Got It,” “Bylina,” “Arlequin,” “Shoes,” “Forecast,” “Let’s Go as a Squad,” “It Turned Out Fine,” “At the Meeting,” “Who’s For,” “Who’s Right,” “To Whom What,” “Misfortune,” “Sizov Locked Himself,” “Laughter,” “I Took a Paper,” “Radish,” “In the Corner,” “Inkblot,” “Elasticity,” “Globe,” “Two Old Men,” “Pumpkin,” “Acid,” “Curtains,” “Creaky Chair,” “Song About Dough,” “It Expanded Upward,” “Modesty,” “Athlete,” “What’s Lighter,” “Namesakes,” “The Opposite,” “Science,” “Hit,” “Rain,” “Sketch,” “Love,” “Bubbles,” “The Talking Crow,” “Firewood,” “Gentleman,” “Month,” “Sailor,” “In a Cage,” “People from the Stars,” “For the Death of a Swift,” “Cottage Man,” “Postman,” “Bouquet,” “Day Laborer,” “Sackhole,” “Kind Host,” “Hospitality,” “Neighbor,” “Shivering Poems,” “Grandmother,” “Cook,” “A Man with an Umbrella,” “A Christmas Songlet.” Rights to heirs and rightsholders are stated; materials from the website “(NOT) a children’s poet Oleg Grigoriev” were used.