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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: BRETON, ANDRE Matches Found: 49 Breton, Andre Poet's Biography 49 poems available by this author A MAN AND WOMAN ABSOLUTELY WHITE Poem Text 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 BRANCH OF NETTLE ENTERS THROUGH THE WINDOW First Line: The woman with the crepe paper body Last Line: Whalebone sealed under brilliant black wax BROKEN LINE Poem Text First Line: We the dry bread and water in the prisons of the sky Last Line: The belly of our words is golden tonight and naught any longer is in vain. Subject(s): Boats; Mourning; Prisons & Prisoners; Water; Bereavement; Convicts CHOOSE LIFE Poem Text First Line: Choose life instead of those prisms with no depth even if their colors are purer Subject(s): Life FALSE PIECE Poem Text First Line: From the crystal vase from bohemia Last Line: Ephemeral dawn of reflections Subject(s): Dadaism FALSE PIECE First Line: From the crystal vase from bohemia Last Line: Ephemeral %ephemeral dawn of reflections Subject(s): Dadaism FREE UNION First Line: My wife whose hair is a forest fire Last Line: Her eyes are the level of water of air and earth and fire FREEDOM OF LOVE Poem Text 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 FREEDOM OF LOVE First Line: My wife with the hair of a wood fire Last Line: My wife with eyes of water-level of air earth and fire Subject(s): Love GO FOR BROKE First Line: In the heart of the indian country of oklahoma Last Line: Run the head of the avalanche Subject(s): Native Americans; Oklahoma; Surrealism IN THE EYES OF THE GODS First Line: A little before midnight down by the docks Last Line: Eternity searches for a wristwatch %a little before midnight down by the docks IT WAS GOING ON FIVE IN THE MORNING Poem Text LETHAL RELIEF Poem Text First Line: The statue of lautreamont / its plinth of quinine tabloids Last Line: Weighs anchor is tuned each night like a piano Subject(s): Dadaism LETHAL RELIEF First Line: The statue of lautreamont %its plinth of quinine tabloids Last Line: Weighs anchor is tuned each night like a piano Subject(s): Dadaism MAGNETIC FIELDS, SELS. First Line: The great legend of the railways and reservoirs Last Line: Amidst reputable company Subject(s): Dadaism MAGNETIC FIELDS. THE HERMIT CRAB SAYS: CURTAINS First Line: Mouse traps of the soul after extinquishing the heater Last Line: Two heads like the pans of a pair of scales MAGNETIC FIELDS. THE HERMIT CRAB SAYS: DELIVERANCE First Line: Faculty of giving oneself Last Line: Opening of gates before the rider MAGNETIC FIELDS. THE HERMIT CRAB SAYS: I HAVE KNOWN MUCH First Line: General eble distance Last Line: Which the jealousy of dust affirmed MAGNETIC FIELDS. THE HERMIT CRAB SAYS: MASKS AND COLORED HEAT First Line: Bottles of flame are nice so nice Last Line: A sphere destroys everything MAGNETIC FIELDS. THE HERMIT CRAB SAYS: ON THE THRESHOLD OF TOWERS First Line: Waves of miracles and deeds Last Line: For you lost stamens staff-officers of cold eternities MAN AND WOMAN ABSOLUTELY WHITE First Line: In the depths of the parasol I see the marvelous prostitutes Last Line: Their breasts in which the invisible blue milk cries as ever Subject(s): Prostitution; Surrealism MANIFESTO OF SURREALISM, SELS. First Line: Surrealism, n. Pyschic automatism in its pure state Last Line: To live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere Subject(s): Surrealism MARQUIS DE SADE Poem Text First Line: The marquis de sade has gone back inside the erupting volcano Last Line: Clinging to the virgin gossamer of desire Subject(s): Sade, Marquis De (1740-1814) MARQUIS DE SADE REGAINED THE INTERIOR OF ... VOLCANO Last Line: Caught in the gossamer of desire Subject(s): Dadaism; Sade, Marquis De (1740-1814) MORE THAN SUSPECT Poem Text First Line: The oaks are stricken by a serious illness Last Line: A whole throngs of general's heads Subject(s): Dadaism; World War I; First World War MORE THAN SUSPECT First Line: The oaks are stricken by a serious illness Last Line: A whole throng of generals' heads Subject(s): Dadaism; World War I MYSTERY CORSET First Line: My darling lady readers Last Line: The waist well in hand Subject(s): Dadaism NO GROUNDS FOR PROSECUTION Poem Text First Line: Art of days art of nights Last Line: Never freedom but for freedom Subject(s): Paris, France NO GROUNDS FOR PROSECUTION First Line: Art of days art of nights Last Line: Never freedom but for freedom Subject(s): Paris, France ODE TO CHARLES FOURIER Poem Text First Line: Fourier what have they done with your keyboard Last Line: You embraced unity you show it not as lost but as totally attainable Subject(s): Fourier, Charles (1772-1837) ODE TO CHARLES FOURIER, SELS. First Line: Fourier what have they done with your keyboard Last Line: Raising to the highest pitch its red fires in the night Subject(s): Fourier, Charles (1772-1837) ON THE ROAD TO SAN ROMANO Poem Text First Line: Poetry like love is made in a bed Last Line: Against all the misery of the world Subject(s): Surrealism; Poetry & Poets ON THE ROAD TO SAN ROMANO First Line: Poetry like love is made in a bed Subject(s): Surrealism ON THE ROAD TO SAN ROMANO First Line: Poetry is made in bed like love Last Line: Against all access by the misery of the world Subject(s): Love; Poetry And Poets; Surrealism POEM-OBJECT First Line: These no-man's-lands and the moon where I wander outrun by the Last Line: Shadow tied down to the house of my heart Subject(s): Surrealism POSTMAN CHEVAL Poem Text First Line: We are the birds always charmed by you from the top of these belvederes POSTMAN CHEVAL First Line: We are the birds always charmed by you from the top of these belvederes Last Line: After having made love SHOOT IT, PASS IT Poem Text First Line: My wife whose hair is a brush fire SHOOT IT, PASS IT First Line: My wife whose hair is a brush fire Last Line: My wife with eyes that are the equal of water and air and earth and fire Subject(s): Marriage; Surrealism SUNFLOWER Poem Text First Line: The traveller who crossed les halles at summer's end Last Line: Andre breton he said may pass here Subject(s): Paris, France; Sunflowers; Travel SUNFLOWER First Line: The traveller who crossed les halles at summer's end Last Line: Andre breton he said may pass here Subject(s): Paris, France THE FOREST IN THE AXE Poem Text First Line: Someone just died but I'm still alive and yet I don't have a soul anymore. All I have THE MAGNETIC FIELDS: FACTORY Poem Text First Line: The great legend of the railways and reservoirs Last Line: Maliciously with the star of enlistment Subject(s): Dadaism; Factories THE MARQUIS DE SADE REGAINED THE INTERIOR OF ... VOLCANO Poem Text First Line: The marquis de sade has gone back inside the corrupting volcano Last Line: Clinging to the virgin gossamer of desire Subject(s): Desire THE MYSTERY CORSET Poem Text First Line: My darling lady readers Last Line: A tightly bound waist Subject(s): Dadaism; Girdles THE SPECTRAL ATTITUDES Poem Text First Line: I attach no importance to life Subject(s): Life WAR Poem Text First Line: I watch the beast as it licks itself Last Line: The beast licks its sex I said nothing Subject(s): World War I; First World War WAR First Line: I watch the beast as it licks itself Last Line: The beast licks its sex I've said nothing Subject(s): World War I WOMAN AND BIRD First Line: The cat dreams and purrs in the dusky lute shop. He studies the Last Line: Vowels linked to the boundless magnolia of the night Subject(s): Dadaism |
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