← Guillaume ApollinaireLe Bestiaireby Guillaume ApollinaireAnimal poems exploring nature through witty, refined observationFind 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→CalligrammesExperimental poems arranged as visual calligrams on the page→ZoneModernist poem evoking Paris and twentieth-century artistic transformation→