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Roof Slates and Other Poems of Pierre Reverdy

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293 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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Pierre Reverdy

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Pierre Reverdy (September 13, 1889 – June 17, 1960) 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."

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December 28, 2018
Dancing shadows
And nothing at all
But the spring of the wind
The movement reaches out from the wall
To grow
Some fictions come to life
For a moment or for Eternity
All that changes is night

And I close by
Someone plagued by remorse
On a route where his footsteps leave a trace
What is there we never see
Only the wall makes a face
My heart's gesture reaches out to the sea
Who's big enough to bring the world to a stop
And that movement which makes us weary
When a blue star up there turns in reverse
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