Paul ELUARD (1895-1952). Autograph poem signed, Critique de la poésie, [1944]; 1page small in-4 on lined paper. Beautiful poem in tribute to the martyred poets, which concludes the collection Le lit la table, published in Switzerland in early 1944; it was also published in Poésie 44 (no. 20). In it, Éluard evokes the deaths of Garcia Lorca, Saint-Pol Roux (and the torture of his daughter Divine), and Jacques Decour. The poem, 25 lines long, is carefully written in black ink; the first two lines show variants with the published text. "Fire makes the forest dance Hands, trunks, hearts, leaves Happiness in a single bouquet Confused light melting sweet A whole forest of friends Gathering at the green fountains From the good sun of blazing wood Garcia Lorca has been put to death"... At the bottom of the poem, Eluard inscribed in pencil the dedication: "pour Louis Parrot".