Poems by Arthur Rimbaud

Poems by Arthur Rimbaud

Dawn, by Arthur Rimbaud

I kissed the dawn of summer.   Nothing stirred before the palace. Water was motionless. Sha...

Departure, by Arthur Rimbaud

All is seen..
The vision gleams in the air.
All is had..
The distant sound of cities at night,...

Eternity, by Arthur Rimbaud

It's revealed once more.
What? Eternity.
It's the sea run off
With the sun.   Sentine...

The First Encounter, by Arthur Rimbaud

She was only half-dressed
And equally bare trees tossed
Their few leaves against the window pan...

Ophelia, by Arthur Rimbaud

I
On the calm black water where the stars are sleeping
White Ophelia floats like a great lily...

The Seekers of Lice, by Arthur Rimbaud

WHEN the child's forehead, full of torments red,
Implores the swarm of white dreams hovering d...

Sensation, by Arthur Rimbaud

IN summer evenings blue, pricked by the wheat
On rustic paths the thin grass I shall tread,
A...

Sleep, by Arthur Rimbaud

A VERDANT hollow where a brook sings loud,
And madly hangs the grass with silver rags,
Whereo...

The Vowels, by Arthur Rimbaud

YE vowels, A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue,
I will reveal your latent births one ...

Waifs and Strays, by Arthur Rimbaud

BLACK in the fog and in the snow,
Where the great air-hole windows glow,
With rounded rumps, ...