Antique Poem by Arthur Rimbaud

Antique

Rating: 2.7


Gracious son of Pan! Around your forehead
crowned with flowerets
and with laurel, restlessly roll
those precious balls, your eyes.

Spotted with brown lees, your cheeks are hollow.
Your fangs gleam. Your breast is like a lyre,
tinklings circulate through your pale arms.
Your heart beats in that belly where sleeps the double sex.
Walk through the night, gently moving that thigh,
that second thigh, and that left leg.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 13 May 2017

I think I will agree with Michael Morgan's comment below. This poem just wasn't my cup of tea and unfortunately I cannot read French.

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Michael Morgan 17 February 2014

In French this poem is hypnotic and like a wind chime. In English, it's a little embarrassing

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