Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FREEDOM OF LOVE, by ANDRE BRETON


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First Line: My wife with the hair of a wood fire
Last Line: My wife with eyes of water-level of level of air earth and fire
Subject(s): Love – Marital; Wives


My wife with the hair of a wood fire
My wife with the hair of a wood fire
With the thoughts of heat lightning
With the thoughts of heat lightning
With the waist of an hourglass
With the waist of an hourglass
With the waist of an otter in the teeth of a tiger
With the waist of an otter in the teeth of a tiger
My wife with the lips of a cockade and of a bunch of stars of the last magnitude
My wife with the lips of a cockade and a bunch of stars of the last magnitude
With the teeth of tracks of white mice on the white earth
With the teeth of tracks of white mice on the white earth
With the tongue of rubbed amber and glass
With the tongue of rubbed amber and glass
My wife with the tongue of a stabbed host
My wife with the tongue of a stabbed host
With the tongue of a doll that opens and closes its eyes
With the tongue of a doll that opens and closes its eyes
With the tongue of an unbelievable stone
With the tongue of an unbelievable stone
My wife with the eyelashes of strokes of a child's writing
My wife with the eyelashes of strokes of a child's writing
With brows of the edge of a swallow's nest
With brows of the edge of a swallow's nest
My wife with the brow of slates of a hothouse roof
My wife with the brow of slates of a hothouse roof
And of steam on the panes
And of steam on the panes
My wife with shoulders of champagne
My wife with shoulders of champagne
And of a fountain with dolphin-heads beneath the ice
And of a fountain with dolphin-heads beneath the ice
My wife with wrists of matches
My wife with wrists of matches
My wife with fingers of luck and ace of hearts
My wife with fingers of luck and ace of hearts
With fingers of mown hay
With fingers of mown hay
My wife with armpits of marten and of beechnut
My wife with armpits of marten and of beechnut
And of Midsummer Night
And of Midsummer Night
Of privet and of an angelfish nest
Of privet and of an angelfish nest
With arms of seafoam and of riverlocks
With arms of seafoam and of riverlocks
And of a mingling of the wheat and the mill
And of a mingling of the wheat and the mill
My wife with legs of flares
My wife with legs of flares
With the movements of clockwork and despair
With the movements of clockwork and despair
My wife with calves of eldertree pith
My wife with calves of eldertree pith
My wife with feet of initials
My wife with feet of initials
With feet of rings of keys and Java sparrows drinking
With feet of rings of keys and Java sparrows drinking
My wife with a neck of unpearled barley
My wife with a neck of unpearled barley
My wife with a throat of the valley of gold
My wife with a throat of the valley of gold
Of a tryst in the very bed of the torrent
Of a tryst in the very bed of the torrent
With breasts of night
With breasts of night
My wife with breasts of a marine molehill
My wife with breasts of a marine molehill
My wife with breasts of the ruby's crucible
My wife with breasts of the ruby's crucible
With breasts of the rose's spectre beneath the dew
With breasts of the rose's spectre beneath the dew
My wife with the belly of an unfolding of the fan of days
My wife with the belly of an unfolding of the fan of days
With the belly of a gigantic claw
With the belly of a gigantic claw
My wife with the back of a bird fleeing vertically
My wife with the back of a bird fleeing vertically
With a back of quicksilver
With a back of quicksilver
With a back of light
With a back of light
With a nape of rolled stone and wet chalk
With a nape of rolled stone and wet chalk
And of the drop of a glass where one has just been drinking
And of the drop of a glass where one has just been drinking
My wife with hips of a skiff
My wife with hips of a skiff
With hips of a chandelier and of arrow-feathers
With hips of a chandelier and of arrow-feathers
And of shafts of white peacock plumes
And of shafts of white peacock plumes
Of an insensible pendulum
Of an insensible pendulum
My wife with buttocks of sandstone and asbestos
My wife with buttocks of sandstone and asbestos
My wife with buttocks of swans' backs
My wife with buttocks of swans' backs
My wife with buttocks of spring
My wife with buttocks of spring
With the sex of an iris
With the sex of an iris
My wife with the sex of a mining-placer and of a platypus
My wife with the sex of a mining-placer and of a platypus
My wife with a sex of seaweed and ancient sweetmeat
My wife with a sex of seaweed and ancient sweetmeat
My wife with a sex of mirror
My wife with a sex of mirror
My wife with eyes full of tears
My wife with eyes full of tears
With eyes of purple panoply and of a magnetic needle
With eyes of purple panoply and of a magnetic needle
My wife with savanna eyes
My wife with savanna eyes
My wife with eyes of water to he drunk in prison
My wife with eyes of water to he drunk in prison
My wife with eyes of wood always under the axe
My wife with eyes of wood always under the axe
My wife with eyes of water-level of level of air earth and fire
My wife with eyes of water-level of level of air earth and fire







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