“Surrealist Love Poems”

Cary Tennis reads from works by Andr

By Read by Cary Tennis

In conjunction with a review of the book, Cary Tennis reads aloud from “Surrealist Love Poems,” a collection of short works by such major figures in the early 20th century avant-garde movement as André Breton, Robert Desnos, Paul Eluard and others, translated by Mary Ann Caws.

The poems are as follows:

Part 1

1. Andre Breton, “Free Union”

2. Jacques-Bernard Brunius, “I Love”

3. Robert Desnos, “Oh Pangs of Love!”

4. Robert Desnos, “Never Anyone But You”

Part 2

5. Paul Eluard, “The Earth is Blue Like an Orange”

6. Paul Eluard, “I’ve Told You”

7. Paul Eluard, “The Lover”

8. Frida Kahlo, “Now He Comes”

9. Joyce Mansour, “I Want to Sleep With You”