"In special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect”Les (i) Stances et Poemes turn into Stanzas and poems which tune me into your vision;
A thinking beat box echoes your heart’s intellect.
An optical nerve infection blinded your dual gaze only so that a myopic vista would inspire even the partially blind to see through your lettered passions.
20/20 visionaries silenced by the one eyed master’s literary monster volumes.
Your full beard comes as no surprise;
Copious bodies of works are efforts birthed from tireless tug-of-wars ‘tween silver-black strands of hair and the natural clipper of thumb and forefinger.
A jazzy French bibliophile who kept beautiful (ii) ‘Italian Notebooks’
Who wrote demise laden sentences inflected by the (iii) Impressions Of War;
Lovers still exchange (iv) Vain Endearments
Promising universes to each other
Signs of happiness [v] (Les Epanez) earmark your grand finale
Chiseled monuments are born from dedications eked from debunked sacrileges
Stanzas and Poems
To you: Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
By Themba Zipihilele Moyake
With this project, the author intends to eventually publish poetry commemorating all the nobel laureates. The idea is to also read, at least, a book from each laureate for purposes of 'personal' literary canonization. ~
References:
(i) Prudhomme, Rene Francois Armand. Stances et poème.s [Stanzas and Poems] 1865.
(ii) Croquis Italiens [Italian Notebooks] 1866 -1868
(iii) Impressions de la guerre [Impressions of War] 1872.
(iv) Les Vaines Tendresses [Vain Endearments] 1875.
(v) Les Epaves [Happiness] 1908.
