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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MAN AND WOMAN ABSOLUTELY WHITE, by ANDRE BRETON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the depths of the parasol I see the marvelous prostitutes Last Line: Their breasts in which the invisible blue blood sobs forever Subject(s): Prostitution; Surrealism; Harlots; Whores; Brothels | |||
Deep under the parasol I see the marvelous prostitutes Their dress a bit faded on the side of the streetlight color of the woods With them they walk a big piece of wallpaper Such as you cannot contemplate without a lump in your throat on the ancient floors of A house under demolition Or a white marble seashell fallen from a fireplace Or a net of those chains that behind them are blurred in the mirrors The great instinct of combustion seizes the streets where they stand Like grilled flowers Eyes in the distance raising a wind of stone While they sink immobile in the center of the whirlwind To me nothing equals the meaning of their unimplemented thought The freshness of the gutter in which their booties dip the shadow of their beak The reality of these handfuls of mown hay into which they disappear I see their breasts that are a point of sunlight in the dark night The time they take to rise and fall is the only exact measure of life I see their breasts that are stars on the waves Their breasts in which forever weeps the invisible blue milk | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVING YOU IN FLEMISH by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR AFTER THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRASSAI by NORMAN DUBIE THE VIOLENT SPACE by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT AN OLD WHOREHOUSE by MARY OLIVER CHICAGO CABARET by KENNETH REXROTH FOR A MASSEUSE AND PROSTITUTE by KENNETH REXROTH HARRISON STREET COURT by CARL SANDBURG THE MARQUIS DE SADE REGAINED THE INTERIOR OF ... VOLCANO by ANDRE BRETON |
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