Excerpt from “Claire de lune” Moon dribbling honey on the lips of lunatics Orchards and country town tonight grow greedy Stars resemble bees of a luminous liquid that drips from trellises each honey beam oozes from heaven taking it’s own sweet time The Edge Come to the edge, He said. “We will fall.” They said “Come to the edge,” He said. They came. He pushed them… and they flew.
I enjoyed Claire de Lune because it is a classic example of how this poet can take an ordinary thing and morph e it completly. Appolinaire is an artist of poetry in the way that a painting can seem like a dream. His poems are so strange and unique it seems like the brainchild of a wild and adventurous imagination. In that sense I see more of a presence in his poems then most other poems I’ve read.
His poetry features overlooked observations of everyday life as well as deep and meaningful thoughts on life as we see in The Edge. This poem really makes you think about some choices you have to make in life and I find myself referencing it mentally whenever I have a tough decision to make. He must have been an interesting person, seeing the world through fantastical eyes. I would have liked to meet him. Guillaume Apollinaire Much of Apollinaire’s early history is unknown. We do know he rose to literary prominence in early 20 th-century France, is known mainly for his attempts to synthesize poetry and the visual arts.
In the forefront of various new trends in artistic thought, he was also an outspoken defender of cubism, an art form that very much influenced his work.
The Essay on Robert Browning Poem Life England
... in his teens, Robert Browning calmly declared that he would make poetry his life s work. With equal calm, his parents accepted his ... his wife Elisabeth are both well known for their love poems. This poem is describing all the obstacles he had to go ... clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray s edge — That s the wise thrush; he sings each song ...
