[New-Poetry] French Love Poems

[Anny Ballardini]

It is wonderfully stylized. And thank you to Dickerow. What about the good
old Prevert?

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:45 AM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

> Since Jason brought up a French surrealist, I'll offer 'Sans Dé
> finition'...
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> Without Definition
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> love
> that ocean for mad antelope
> love
> that eye nailing my eye
> on a star too drunk
> love
> that valise where toucans sleep
> that look like us
> love
> that sun that protests
> at being in exile under its own knees
> love oblivioné
> and the famished words
> gnawing that tangerine
> our memory
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>
> Alain Bosquet, Selected Poems (Ohio U. Press, 1972), translated by Wallace
> Fowlie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crisman Cooley <ccooley at overdomain.com>
> To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 1:17 pm
> Subject: [New-Poetry] French Love Poems
>
> I'm collecting a list of Love Poems from French poets and so far have only
> a few of the really obvious ones.  Can some of you francophiles suggest your
> favorite French love poems?  Mille remerciements!
>  Crisman
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