It’s understood I hate the reign of the bourgeoisie The reign of the cops and priests But even more I hate the man who doesn’t hate it Like I do With all his might. I spit in the face of the man smaller than life Who doesn’t prefer this Critique of Poetry to all my other poems.
Paul Éluard (1895-1952), an integral member of the French Surrealist movement, published over 30 poetry collections, often in collaboration with other poets or artists. During WWI he dug graves and wrote letters to families of soldiers killed in action. A French Communist Party member, in WWII he worked for the Resistance. After the war, he embraced the cause of peace.
Ross Belot's latest poetry collection, Moving to Climate Change Hours, was published in 2020. The recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts grant, he's been both long and short listed for the CBC Poetry Prize, and his poems appear in numerous journals. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
Sara Burant is the grateful recipient of a 2023 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship. Her poems and reviews appear both online and in print. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with an attentive red heeler named Penn.
