Showing posts with label Verlaine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verlaine. Show all posts

Friday 23 September 2011

Chanson d'automne

Autumnal equinox. An exercise in melancholy. I learned this in school. Still one of the only poems I can recite by heart. It was written to be read aloud, slowly. Typecast on my Remington Rand Model 1, the one with accents... and feet. Thanks to Florian for the timely reminder!