Sonja Elen Kisa

The Maldoror Verses

Selected prose poems from Les Chants de Maldoror (1869) by the Comte de Lautréamont
Translated from the French by Sonja Elen Kisa

Maldoror lying against a grandfather clock. His beard connects to a baby.

First Canto

  • Stanza 1: The Reader Forewarned
  • Stanza 6: The Nails (The Reader as an Accomplice)

Second Canto

  • Stanza 13: The Shipwreck and Sharks (Maldoror's First Love)