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Paroles: Pocket Poets Number 9 | Jacques Prevert

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In the years immediately following World War II, Jacques Prevert spoke directly to and for the French who had come of age during the German Occupation. First published in 1946 by Les Editions de Minuit, a press with its origins in the Underground...

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Paroles: Pocket Poets Number 9 | Jacques Prevert

#poetrymatters
#tout
@TheSpineView

Also taking the French route with a favorite poem I recited for memory at a high school language competition back in the 80s. I won 1st place. 😃

TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 1y

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🤍💜 1y

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Paroles: Pocket Poets Number 9 | Jacques Prevert

Today is French poet Jacques Prévert's birthday. He would have been 122. I wondered which of his poems were available online in English, and found some on poetryverse.com. I learnt his poems at school - they are deceptively simple!
The poem above - Les feuilles mortes - is actually a song.

#poetry

catsuit_mango Now I will have this song in mind all day. I loved re-reading prévert as an adult, there is a joy, fun in his words, much happier than Le dormeur du val ;) 3y

Dilara @catsuit_mango So will I. I had forgotten how good a singer Yves Montand is.
Funny what you said about the joy in Prévert's words. Although I can definitely see where you're coming from, I must personally have a melancolic brain, because the poems that I can still quote from - Le cancre, Les feuilles mortes, chanson pour les enfants l'hiver... are all pretty depressing! 😥 3y

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