Glimmers of Shots – Ocean of Earth, Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire

Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Collection CalligrammesThemes WarPeriod 20th century

À G. de Chirico.

I have built a house in the middle of the Ocean
Its windows are the rivers flowing from my eyes
Octopuses swarm everywhere the walls stand
Hear their triple hearts beat and their beaks peck at the windowpanes
Damp house
Ardent house
Swift season
Season that sings
The airplanes lay eggs
Careful we are going to drop anchor
Careful with the ink that is being spilled
It would be good if you came from the sky
The honeysuckle of the sky climbs
The earthly octopuses throb
And then there are so many and so many of us being our own gravediggers

Pale octopuses of the chalky waves o octopuses with pale beaks
Around the house there is that ocean you know
And that never rests

Guillaume Apollinaire

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