For The Moment

Pierre Reverdy 1889 (Narbonne) – 1960 (Solesmes Abbey)



Life is simple and gay
The bright sun rings with a quiet sound
The sound of the bells has quieted
     down
This morning the light hits it all
The footlights of my head are lit again
And the room I live in is finally bright

Just one beam is enough
Just one burst of laughter
My joy that shakes the house
Restrains those wanting to die
By the notes of its song

I sing off-key
Ah it's funny
My mouth open to every breeze
Spews mad notes everywhere
That emerge I don't know how
To fly toward other ears

Listen I'm not crazy
I laugh at the bottom of the stairs
Before the wide-open door
In the sunlight scattered
On the wall among green vines
And my arms are held out toward you

It's today I love you

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 709
Words 142
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 6, 6, 1

Pierre Reverdy

Pierre Reverdy was a French poet whose works were inspired by and subsequently proceeded to influence the provocative art movements of the day, Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism. The loneliness and spiritual apprehension that ran through his poetry appealed to the Surrealist credo. He, though, remained independent of the prevailing “isms,” searching for something beyond their definitions. His writing matured into a mystical mission seeking, as he wrote: “the sublime simplicity of reality." more…

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