The article represents the analysis of the reader's letters addressed to the newspapers and magazines in the late 1980s – early 1990s. During Perestroika «naive poetry» written by nonprofessionals was demanded as a way of construction of «common truth» and revaluation of the Soviet history. In «naive» verses authors often try on the image of a righteous person who speaks as an equal with authoritive and significant figures, becoming the subject of verity, power and righteousness.