How to distinguish a graphomaniac from a genius, and a genius from an averagely talented poet? Why are some rhymes good and others bad? and what do we generally remember about the last decade of Russian poetry? Evgeniy Abdullaev, who writes prose under the creative pseudonym Sukhbat Aflatuni, has collected under one cover his essays on poetry, published in “thick” literary magazines. A publication for specialist philologists and those interested in modern poetry.