Thursday, November 19, 2015

Poem By Robert Desnos (Re-formatted)

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The flower of the Alps told the seashell:
"You're shining"

The seashell told the sea:
"You echo"

The sea told the boat:
"You're shuddering"

The boat told the fire:
"You're glowing brightly"

The fire told me:
"I glow less brightly than her eyes"

The boat told me:
"I shudder less than your heart does
when she appears"

The sea told me:
"I echo less than her name does in your love-making"

The seashell told me:
"I shine less brightly than the phosphorus
of desire in your hollow dream"

The flower of the Alps told me:
"She's beautiful"

I said:
"She's beautiful, so beautiful, she moves me."
(1900-1945)
The dedicatee of this poem
knows who she is!
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