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From his early days in paris, picasso enjoyed the company of poets such as André Breton and Jean Cocteau. It wasn't until age 54 that Picasso, while struggling with blocks in his artistic and personal life, turned to writing poetry. He continued doing so for the next 25 years, producing over 350 poems, many of which have not seen the light of day. His writing style is imagistic and abstract, just like his paintings.
“I abandon sculpture engraving and painting to dedicate myself entirely to song.” — Picasso to Jaime Sabartés, April 1936
in secretbe quiet, say nothingexcept the street be full of starsand the prisoners eat dovesand the doves eat cheeseand the cheese eat wordsand the words eat bridgesand the bridges eat looks