Everybody has heard of Guillaume Apollinaire, the creator of the term 'Sur-realist' but, I for one had not tried to read his poetry.
I came to this book expecting a dated attempt to shock and came away from some excellently translated, thought provoking poetry which, even my poor taste could tell, was rather good.
My French is not up to the task of enjoying these works in their original language but the translations appear to be sympathetic and make this a worthwhile little volume into which, I shall regularly dip. ( )