Best Rene Poems

The deception of  “free verse”: Dreams II, Translation of Etiemble’s “L’imposture du vers libre” by T. Wignesan

“Free verse, free not to be verse” – Audiberti

My love is not blue like a lake
my love is not blue like a sky
but red swollen with blood
and of...

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I left my home, it  wasn't  so gorgeous,
but I knew I could no longer stay
I had nothing to live for,
seemed like only sadness would come my way,
headed for any deep water bay,
sitten' on the edge of sadness,...
wasted by time.....time...

on the bay of grief...

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A French Narrative Poem: A wren comes to rest on a reed after the storm – Dialogue between the bird and the shrub. Translation of Rene Etiemble’s poem: Narration Française

(The very first poem composed by Etiemble while a student of Class 5A at the Lycée...

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Nothing to hide*, Translation of a poem: “A coeur ouvert” by (René) Etiemble

		For Jeannine

(Later in life, Etiemble suppressed his first name, ostensibly on account of the accented “é”
 ending his first name and preceding the accented “é” of his surname. The poem is dedicated
 to...

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The Offering, Translation of “Offrande” by René Etiemble

(Quatrains rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, ghgh, each line made up of eleven to thirteen syllables. Etiemble is wary of free verse as we shall see in the next posting. From his only collection: le Coeur et  la...

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"Loneliness has never earned a day's pay.
     What I've learned, first of all, is that loneliness chooses it's own weapons.  It 
hasno distinguishing marks, and comes in no colors at all.  Sometimes, it will 
creep up on you, and...

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Your skin glows like the strawberry, blossoms perfect as the black rose in the purest hope of 
spring.
My yearning heart rises to your calming voice and leaps like a cat at the whisper of your 
name, Rene.
The evening ascends in on a great raven wing.
I...

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Eyes and mind work in tandem
To make sense of confusion
Inaccuracies become compelling
You do not wish to see it any other way

For you are the first eye witness
Your account is key
"Confirmation bias" your exotic perfume
Or so I hear

Fill in the blanks
Interspersed with solid truth
Join the dots
To...

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Do you believe consciousness
a free state
Choice empowering the moment
strong
Neurons firing at your
discretion
Time unencumbered
—reality won

(The New Room: August, 2022)...

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Denying the soul…
all words are in vain
a verbal inherence
—spirit proclaims

(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)...

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If you tried to describe heaven could you find the words to explain,
How perfection looks
Personified in your beauty every single day.
Can’t take my eyes off you like a sunrise  reflecting off a crystal blue  sea.
You captivate me leave me speechless jaw dropping you...

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I don’t care where I’m going
  I know where I am

I’m not worried about the future
  I’ve never been to the past

I’m not sad about what’s missing
  only joyful for what’s present

I am here and not there
  —and my words make...

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If you tried to describe heaven could you find the words to explain,
How perfection looks
Personified in your beauty every single day.
Can’t take my eyes off you like a sunrise  reflecting off a crystal blue  sea.
You captivate me leave me speechless jaw dropping you...

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(Based on the painting “The Treachery of Images” by René Magritte)

If you label symbols traitors
Since they’re only indicators
Rather than the actual things they signify,
Then you’re logically unable
To affirm your very label
Is a truth and not a metaphoric lie....

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My boat sails off on a lovely day,
the future unknown as it drifts with the tide.

A storm rises, ferocious and unrelenting,
dragging me to the bottom of the sea.
I feel the weight of the water,
the finality of sinking—
I believe I will never rise.

Out of nowhere, a...

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