The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Elle est Elle est — mais elle n’est qu’à minuit quand tous les oisea ...

PAUL ÉLUARD She Exists She exists, but only at midnight, when the wings of the white birds have folded on the ignorance of darkn ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Nuits partagées (extraits) Je m’obstine à mêler des fictions aux red ...

PAUL ÉLUARD Shared Nights I persist in mingling fictions with the most fearful realities. Deserted houses, I have peopled you wi ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Éclogue Dans la maison refermée il fixe un objet dans le soir et jou ...

Jean Follain 1903–1971 canisy, france T hrough his poetry and prose, Follain explored the menace of time—the pressure of history ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Félicité La moindre fêlure d’une vitre ou d’un bol peut ramener la f ...

JEAN FOLLAIN Bliss The slightest crack in a pane or a bowl can restore the bliss of some great memory bare objects showing their ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Il su≈t de toucher verrous et croix de grilles qu’on vend là virgina ...

GRETA KNUTSON It’s enough to touch the bolts and wrought-iron crosses sold there in their virginity to feel the world’s inevitab ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Les chansons devaient venir et passer sans traces. Chaque objet nous ...

MICHEL LEIRIS Songs were to come and go, leaving no traces. Each object looked at us with a child’s eyes, before the birth of fe ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Vertical Sur nos têtes l’espace finement zébré et parfois le labour ...

MICHEL LEIRIS Vertical On our heads the finely striped space and sometimes the work of swift gusts of air Charge of living cloud ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Amour lourde figure à jouer Dames Rois et Valets de rouge et de noir ...

HENRI MICHAUX Love facecard troublesome to play Queens Kings and Jacks set o√ in red and black frolic to an old air —keith waldr ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Avenir Siècles à venir Mon véritable présent, toujours présent, obse ...

HENRI MICHAUX Future Centuries to come My absolute present, always present, obsessionally present... Born as I was when it didn’ ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Vous qui connaîtrez les ultra-déterminants de la pensée et du caract ...

HENRI MICHAUX You who will understand the finest structures of the thought and character of man, and his superhygiene, who will ...