Paul van Ostaijen Poems

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1.
Night Sounds

There must be white farms beyond the edge
of the blue fields by the moon
at night you hear along distant roads
horse hooves
you hear everything then silent delusion
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2.
The Sailor's Suicide

The sailor
hears the voice of the Lorelei
he looks at his watch
and jumps in the water
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3.
The Old Man

An old man in the street
his simple tale to the old woman
it's nothing it sounds like a tenuous tragedy
his voice is white
it resembles a knife that's been whetted for so long
the steel has worn thin
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4.
Bersaglieri Song

A gentleman going up the street
a gentleman going down the street
two gentlemen going up and down
that is the one gentleman goes up
and the other gentleman goes down
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5.
Recitative

Under the moon the long river slides by
Above the long river the moon mournfully slides
Under the moon on the long river the canoe slides to the sea
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6.
Marc Greets Things In The Morning

Hi boy with the bike on the vase on the bloom
ploom ploom
hi chair by the table
hi bread on the table
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7.
Baroque Account

Sometimes
when the boats of their senses' beat
against the ever-swelling cliff
of a fragrance that's still open
to fantastic beasts
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8.
Young Landscape

So the two stand almost motionless in the meadow
the girl who hangs straight down on a rope from heaven
puts her long hand on the long straight line of the goat
that bears the earth on its tiny feet inversely
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9.
Poem

Rest thus your head on my arm
that from your forehead to your lips my eye
may glide along the bridge of your nose
Rest thus your head
I rest my hand on your lips be still
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10.
Homage To Singer

Swinger
Singer
sewingmachine
Hear
Hear
Floris Jespers bought a Singersewingmachine
What
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