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Born in 1889 / Died in 1963 / France / French

Poems by Jean Cocteau

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Sobre Las Olas (On The Waves)

... Everything coos and the bathing girl ...

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Preamble (A Rough Draft For An Ars Poetica)

... orned with chromatic moiredries himself in the midnight sunLinersThe huge luxury itemSlowly founders ...

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Toreador

... But you despise all their laces—you suffer— ...

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Awakening

... Her widow's lament at the south of the islet ...

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Soft Caramel

... Ah! how sad it is to be the king of animals, ...

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L'Ange Heurtebise (translated in english)

... The cherries on the heavenly cherry trees ...