Jean Cocteau Poems

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1.
Preamble (A Rough Draft For An Ars Poetica)

...Preamble

A rough draft
for an ars poetica
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2.
Awakening

Grave mouths of lions
Sinuous smiling of young crocodiles
Along the river's water conveying millions
Isles of spice
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3.
Sobre Las Olas (On The Waves)

The boys in striped knitware
make the waves sprout--is it a storm?
Everything coos and the bathing girl
consults the mirror of the skies
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4.
Soft Caramel

Take a young girl.
Fill her with ice and gin
shake it all up to make it androgynous
And return her to her family
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5.
Toreador

Pepita queen of Venice
When you go beneath your shutter
All gondoliers call out:
Watch out--Toreador!
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6.
Jean Cocteau’s Poem For Welles

Orson Welles is a poet
through his violence
and through his grace.
Never does he tumble
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