#Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude

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Q: What made you choose surrealism? A: Instinct.

Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora

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For the poet, however, to exist is to marvel. The poet is the one who pursues the strange and unfamiliar. Unwilling to surrender to mob formulas, or to seek the logic of mundane rhythmical phrases, the poet plunges into the darkest, most hidden corners of the Unconscious. The world of the Marvelous is the very source of the creations that in turn engender the unfettered images of wonder and the impossible.

Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora

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Mallarmé was a “master of the dream.” Saint-Pol-Roux declared: “We are the pioneers of the Beyond,” and E.L.T. Mesens said: “Even when asleep, we are tireless.”

Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora

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Prisoner’s poem To the tolling of remembered suns.

Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora

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My truth on the surface of the cloak of mourning.

Clément Magloire-Saint-Aude, Black, Brown, & Beige: Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora