Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HALLUCINATION: 1, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One petal of a blood-red tulip pressed Last Line: One blood-red petal stained the baudelaire. Subject(s): Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867); French Poetry - Symbolism; Hallucinations And Illusions; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
One petal of a blood-red tulip pressed Between the pages of a Baudelaire: No more; and I was suddenly aware Of the white fragrant apple of a breast On which my lips were pastured; and I knew That dreaming I remembered an old dream. Sweeter than any fruit that fruit did seem, Which, as my hungry teeth devoured it, grew Ever again, and tantalised my taste. So, vainly hungering, I seemed to see Eve and the serpent and the apple-tree, And Adam in the garden, and God laying waste Innocent Eden, because man's desire, Godlike before, now for a woman's sake Descended through the woman to the snake. Then as my mouth grew parched, stung as with fire By that white fragrant apple, once so fair, That seemed to shrink and spire into a flame, I cried, and wakened, crying on your name: One blood-red petal stained the Baudelaire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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