Case d'Armons – From the Firing Battery, Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire

Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Collection CalligrammesThemes WarPeriod 20th century

To Sergeant F. Bodard.

We are your necklace France
Come from the Atlantises or from the Negritias
From Eldorados or from the Cimmerias
River of strong men and of shells whose orient glimmers
Diamonds that bloom at night
O Roses O France
We swoon with voluptuousness
On your neck bent toward the East
We are the Rainbow-of-earth
Sign purer than the Rainbow
Sign of our deep origins
Sparks
O we the very beautiful colors

Guillaume Apollinaire

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