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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TONGUE FASHION, by AIME CESAIRE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Keystone / hieroglyphs / forget the abolished constellation Last Line: The sacred territory reluctantly conceded by the leaves Subject(s): Negritude (literary Movement) | |||
keystone hieroglyphs forget the abolished constellation never recompressed the infinite combinatory warning overflows the nucleus speaks error impossible errancy difficult the directional rattle hangs from the trees within reach of anyone the lozenge keeps watch with closed eyes here begins reclaimed from wild beasts the sacred territory reluctantly conceded by the leaves travel observations: vermin an ordinary amount of flies an obsessive kiss of cockroaches up there from branch to branch the army of moons launching waves of attacks against who knows what monkeys in the valleys beware the velvet of the detour is measured by a chaos of stupefied insects puddle in any case one is advised not to indulge in breaks | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DON'T BE TAKEN IN by AIME CESAIRE FLINT WARRIOR THROUGH ALL WORDS by AIME CESAIRE |
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