REVERDY Pierre [Narbonne, 1889 Solesmes, 1960], poète français...

REVERDY Pierre [Narbonne, 1889 Solesmes, 1960], poète français associé au cubisme et aux débuts du surréalisme
Autograph poem signed "P.R." entitled "Infernal Silence". 1 page in-4°. Dedicated to Sylvain Blondin.
"To all who have taken shame from his lapel
To all who have no room in the street
To all who wash their hands in misfortune
Let death ring in their ears.
A wind of fire blows between the blades of the caisson
Carcass with the rebellious
mine Of these naked faces sunlit by the softness
I did not unmake the nets of the lie
Still the rigour of time amassed drop by drop
And the balls swollen in the storm of the mirror
Alone in the destitution the hatred which pushes
itself Listen to the swirl of the death which waits".