This collection includes selected poems by the classic of modern Russian poetry Andrei Voznesensky, from the famous lyrics of the 60s to very personal, fateful poems of recent years, as well as "rhymes of prose" - the poet's recollections of meetings with Boris Pasternak. More than once the reader will experience the joy of recognizing the popularly beloved golden hits created to the verses of Voznesensky, the most famous of which is "A Million Roses" ("A Million Scarlet Roses"). "He was considered a poet of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and he became the brightest lyricist of the 90s, and today it is already clear - the largest Russian poet of the beginning of the XXI century" (K. Kedrov). The collection precedes the essay of the poet's faithful companion, his legendary muse and "Oz," writer Zoe Boguslavskaya.