This anthology is being published for the first time. This is the widest collection of verlibers of Russian poets from A. Sumarokov to S. Yesenin. The publication does not claim full coverage of everything written by each poet, but the most characteristic compiler included. Anatoly Sokolov is the author of three books of verlibers: "Slice," "Highlights," "Where the bark protects the trunk," an actively working poet, lives in St. Petersburg. The publication will interest teachers, students, poetry lovers. Verlibre is a term familiar and understandable to a few admirers of this genre, surprising the uninitiated with its sound. The word is French: vers - verse, libre - free. Free from the formal attributes of traditional verse - rhyme and rhythm.