I had never heard of this poet, Kenny. Thank you for piquing my interest through your verses.
Francis Jammes (French pronunciation: [ʒam];[1] born 2 December 1868 in Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées - died 1 November 1938 in Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was a French poet. Coming from an ancient family, he spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life (donkeys, maidens). His later poetry remained lyrical, but also included a strong religious element brought on by his "conversion" to Catholicism (more a return to the faith as he had always been a Catholic).
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.
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Francis Jammes (French pronunciation: [ʒam];[1] born 2 December 1868 in Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées - died 1 November 1938 in Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was a French poet. Coming from an ancient family, he spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life (donkeys, maidens). His later poetry remained lyrical, but also included a strong religious element brought on by his "conversion" to Catholicism (more a return to the faith as he had always been a Catholic).
Love and peace,
Regis