Collected Poems by Arthur Rimbaud

Collected Poems by Arthur Rimbaud'Rimbaud, the poet of revolt, and the greatest' Albert Camus Rimbaud is the enfant terrible of French literature, the precocious genius whose extraordinary poetry is revolutionary in its visionary, hallucinatory content and its often liberated forms. He wrote all his poems between the ages of about 15 and 21, after which he turned his back on family, friends, and France to roam the world. In his final years he was a trader in the Horn of Africa. Out

talking to those who have abandoned the Church and those who have held on

Impressive for its methodology

stripy or spotty underpants

freedom and religion across generations

she starts to transform into a woman again

it really touched my young bird-loving heart

reveals Stalin's obsession with growing lemons in impossibly cold conditions

she is haunted by strange figures who threaten to unearth her most secret

He wrote all his poems between the ages of about 15 and 21

'The Prevention of Literature'

a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains

artistic integrity and 'willingness to remain a perpetual beginner'