One of his final poems, “Facing the Sea, with Spring Blossom,” might be his most memorable, but my personal favorite will always be “September,” in no small part because it was turned into a song by ...
I thought of memorizing “Demain dès l’aube.” But, you know what? It is a poem about death, and I’m not in the mood. For “L’hippopotame,” I am always in the mood. Its author ...