Much has been written about poetry and painting. The book of V. Alfonsov is an interesting and new attempt - to talk about both together. These are essays about the creative connections of poets and artists. On a specific material, the author seeks to trace how poetry and painting interact in time, how common or close ideas and feelings, often relating to the most important life problems, generate creative contacts between the masters of brush and word. His focus is on Russian poetry of the 20th century - Blok, Mayakovsky, Zabolotsky, their connections with old masters and modern artists.