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RE: Poem of the day. Guillaume Apollinaire - Autumn Ill

in #poetry6 years ago

@godflesh, thanks for bringing us more French poetry. The French title is "Automne malade" ("Sick Autumn"). It was published in April 1913 in his work "Alcools". It is rather traditional in its theme and its lyricism, however the irregular verse makes it a modern poem.
I'm glad you included the poem "Tour Eiffel" from "Caligrammes". Initially he called these kinds of poems lyrical ideograms (idéogrammes lyriques). You can leaf through the work and see more examples on this link: https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/apollinaires-calligrammes-1918/