Oct 20 1854

The “Infant Shakespeare”, the Parisian prodigy, the wizard of verbal Symbolist imagery, L’enfant terrible of the 19th century poetic establishment, yes, Arthur Rimbaud was born this day in 1854.

absinthefever has a great summary of the poet’s life and a great quote about his green mistress, absinthe:

“When the poet’s pain is soothed by a liquid jewel held in the sacred chalice, upon which rests the pierced spoon, the crystal sweetness, icy streams trickle down. The darkest forest melts into an open meadow. Waves of green seduce. Sanity surrendered, the soul spirals toward the murky depths, wherin lies the beautiful madness – absinthe.”

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