The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Renfort [1] Je vous dis adieu monsieur mon sergent qui vous en allez ...

Raymond Queneau 1903–1976 le havre, france A poet, novelist, publisher, and mathematician, Queneau saw language itself as his su ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Renfort [2] Je suis vieux et je suis lourd mon âge compte on le soup ...

RAYMOND QUENEAU Reinforcements [II] I am old and I am heavy my age counts up adds pounds to me and they tell me that old and hea ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Un jour je chanterai Ulysse ou bien Achille Enée ou bien Didon Quich ...

RAYMOND QUENEAU Someday I’ll sing Ulysses or maybe Achilles Aeneas or maybe Dido Quixote maybe Sancho Someday I’ll sing pleasure ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Prière aux masques Masques! O Masques! Masque noir masque rouge, vou ...

Léopold Sédar Senghor 1906–2001 joal, senegal S enghor was renowned as a poet, teacher, and head of state. He received a scholar ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Et aussi l’Europe à qui nous sommes liés par le nombril. Fixez vos y ...

LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR And our navel is tied to a Europe in death throes too. Fix your changeless eyes on your marshaled children ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Georgia Je ne dors pas Georgia je lance des flèches dans la nuit Geo ...

Philippe Soupault 1897–1990 chavaille, france S oupault provided the first example of automatic writing in his Les Champs magnét ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism Le feu est comme la neige Georgia La nuit est ma voisine Georgia j’é ...

PHILIPPE SOUPAULT The fire is like the snow Georgia The night is my neighbour Georgia I’m listening to every single sound Georgi ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism la nuit tombe goutte à goutte j’attends les heures Donnez-moi cette ...

PHILIPPE SOUPAULT night is falling drop by drop I’ve been waiting for hours Give me that lemonade and the last cigarette I’ll co ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism et mardi sans doute des cheveux Il faudra aussi écouter la voix cell ...

JEAN TARDIEU and Tuesday perhaps your hair I’ll also have to hear the voice that of the ghosts one hesitating one persuading tha ...

part 2. 1916–1930: dada and the heroic period of surrealism La Mouche et l’océan Une mouche se balançait Au-dessus d’un océan. T ...

JEAN TARDIEU The Fly and the Ocean A fly swayed Above an ocean. Suddenly it felt Caught up in the cold. Moral: Always pay attent ...