Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
A colletion of poems by Majakovsky -Confusing! I don't like/understand his poetry...
Did you read it in Russian or in translation? I'm asking because it's impossible to like/understand poetry in translation, and especially such poetry like Majakovsky's. Even if you read his poems in Russian, I don't think you knew and know the language well enough to judge about them... His poetry, as well as the whole "silver age" of Russian poetry, as well as the whole Russian poetry (especially Russian, I think), is hard, or, let's be honest, impossible to translate into another language.
In general, only natives can enjoy poetry in full (not only Russian).

Majakovsky is a great poet. Just trust me.