← Velimir KhlebnikovThe Word as Suchby Velimir KhlebnikovManifesto-essay on language's power and poetry's transcendent potentialFind on Amazon↗About the authorVelimir KhlebnikovRussian futurist poet known as Khlebnikov who experimented radically with sound and invented the concept of a universal language of roots. He is one of the most original and difficult Russian poets.More by Velimir KhlebnikovCollected WorksComprehensive gathering of experimental Russian avant-garde poet's oeuvre→Incantation by LaughterPoem playing with sound, neologism, and linguistic inventiveness→ZangeziExperimental narrative poem with multiple voices and linguistic experimentation→