L'avenir

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)



Soulevons la paille
    Regardons la neige
    Écrivons des lettres
    Attendons des ordres

    Fumons la pipe
    En songeant à l'amour
    Les gabions sont là
    Regardons la rose

    La fontaine n'a pas tari
    Pas plus que l'or de la paille ne s'est terni
    Regardons l'abeille
    Et ne songeons pas à l'avenir

    Regardons nos mains
    Qui sont la neige
    La rose et l'abeille
    Ainsi que l'avenir

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 411
Words 65
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian-born French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Rome, in Italy, to a Polish mother. more…

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