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Shadow


Here you are near me once more
Memories of my comrades in battle
Olive of time
Memories composing now a single memory
As a hundred furs make only one coat
As those thousands of wounds make only one
newspaper article
Impalpable dark appearance you have assumed
The changing form of my shadow
An Indian hiding in wait throughout eternity
Shadow you creep near me
But you no longer hear me
You will no longer know the divine poems I sing
But I hear you I see you still
Destinies
Multiple shadow may the sun watch over you
You who love me so much you will never leave me
You who dance in the sun without stirring the dust
Shadow solar ink
Handwriting of my light
Caisson of regrets
A god humbling himself


Apollinaire, Guillaume.

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) played a central part in
the avant-garde movement that swept through the French
literary and artistic circles during the early 20th century.
Much of his early history is unknown, and even the origin of
his original name remains clouded by contradictions. Like
Stein, his work was influenced by the Cubist movement in the
arts. The book Alcools, written in 1913, is considered his
greatest work, darting from formal poems (like alexandrines
and regular stanzas) to those devoid of rhyme, regularity,
and punctuation.

What makes Alcools a respected work of art, however, is his
ability to capture scenes and experiences in refreshing ways
that carry a familiarity and truth among the reader (if only
on an emotional level). These "refreshing ways" were
manifested in experiments on the page that included a
fracturing (collage) of images, and an almost equal
disregard and respect for tradition.

Apollinaire is credited for introducing the word
"surrealist" for the first time, which appeared in his
introduction to the drama "The Breasts of Tiresias" (1918).
His unique verbal associations became the foundation for the
movement known as "Surrealism." He died in the great
influenza epidemic of 1918.

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This is beautiful and very moving. Thanks for posting