jean Cocteau poems

[ifiaskaquestion]

I can't seem to find more than one online, could anyone help me out ? And/or opinions on his work would also be interesting for me. I'd like to know what his poetry is like.

[Logos]

From Cocteau's Diary, Past Tense Vol II--
May 30, 1953--
Beauty makes us lose our head. Poetry is born of this decapitation.

I love his poetry, he writes daydreams and nightmares. He first and foremost considered himself a poet but I highly recommend his films as well.

If you don't read French (where you will 'get' his poetry much better) you might have a hard time finding a lot of his works translated to English online, but this site has some under "texts" and his "L'Ange Heurtebise" can be found here

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[ifiaskaquestion]

Thankyou for the information, if only all forums and their moderators were so kind. I did give the thought that it maybe difficult to find English translations of his work.


Thankyou again x

[uranderson]

I remember watching "Orpheus" several years ago and being stunned by the quality of the poetry that comes out of the radio at several points in the film.

I still remember that as some of the most evocative surrealist poetry I've ever heard.