''Poésies'' is the title attributed to the poems of
Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he start ...
written between approx. 1869 and 1873. ''Les étrennes des orphelins'' (1869) is the first known poem of Rimbaud.
The only poems published during the poet's time of writing were ''Les Étrennes des orphelins'' in ''La revue pour tous'' (January 2, 1870), ''Trois baisers'' in ''La Charge'' (August 13, 1870), and '' Les Corbeaux'' in ''La renaissance littéraire et artistique'' (September 14, 1872). Rimbaud also sent three poems (''Credo in Unam/Soleil et Chair, Ophélie'' and ''Sensation'') to the poet
Théodore de Banville
Théodore Faullain de Banville (14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century.
Biography
Banville was born in Moulins in Allier, A ...
in a letter dated May 24, 1870.
The first collection of his poems was published under the title ''Le Reliquaire'' by Rodolphe Darzens (1891) while Rimbaud was dying in Marseille.
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Le bateau ivre
"Le Bateau ivre" ("The Drunken Boat") is a 100-line verse-poem written in 1871 by Arthur Rimbaud. The poem describes the drifting and sinking of a boat lost at sea in a fragmented first-person narrative saturated with vivid imagery and symbolism. ...
" is probably his best known poem.
External links
Poems in both French & English*https://web.archive.org/web/20060227044915/http://abardel.free.fr/tout_rimbaud/tout_rimbaud_sommaire.htm
French poems
French poetry collections
Arthur Rimbaud
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