(5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963 / Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines)

poet Jean Cocteau

Poems of Jean Cocteau

1. Awakening 4/19/2010
2. Jean Cocteau’s poem for Welles 5/14/2012
3. L'Ange Heurtebise (translated in english) 4/19/2010
4. Preamble (A Rough Draft For An Ars Poetica) 1/13/2003
5. Sobre Las Olas (On The Waves) 4/19/2010
6. Soft Caramel 4/19/2010
7. Toreador 4/19/2010

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
Hello, hello, operator don't cut me off
Ah! how sad it is to be the king of animals,
Nobody says a word
Oh! Love is the worst of evils
Take a young girl,

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