← Guillaume ApollinaireCalligrammesby Guillaume ApollinaireExperimental poems arranged as visual calligrams on the pageFind on Amazon↗About the authorGuillaume ApollinaireFrench poet who bridged symbolism and surrealism and coined the word surrealism. Alcools and Calligrammes, with its shaped visual poems, were foundational to the French avant-garde.More by Guillaume ApollinaireAlcoolsModern poetry blending classical forms with contemporary urban imagery→ZoneModernist poem evoking Paris and twentieth-century artistic transformation→Le BestiaireAnimal poems exploring nature through witty, refined observation→