The lives of French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine sound like something from a Rick Mayall sitcom. Theirs is a tale of forbidden love, drunken rows and cross-channel debauchery, with knife fights, a shooting and even a fish-slapping incident thrown in for bad measure. During a particularly stormy period in 1873, the two Frenchmen lived together at 8 Royal College Street, Camden Town, and there wrote some of their most enduring poetry.
Tag - poetry
2009
25
Feb
The Star Cried Rose
Catherine | 25/02/2009 | 20:48 | Publications
The star cried rose into the core of your ears.
Infinity rolled white from your neck to your thighs.
The sea pearled red onto your crimson breast
and Man has bled black at your sovereign sides.
Arthur Rimbaud
(Translation by Niall McDevitt)
2009
18
Feb
An Arthur Rimbaud Drift
Catherine | 18/02/2009 | 00:16 | News
Poet in the City, as an innovative poetry charity, is championing efforts to save 8 Royal College Street, the house in Camden formerly occupied by the celebrated French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
2008
09
Dec
Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel, by Edmund White
Catherine | 09/12/2008 | 20:19 | Publications
Publisher: Atlas & Co. (October 9, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1934633151
ISBN-13: 978-1934633151
