For the centennial of Swann's Way the most complete volume of Proust's poetry ever assembled, in a gorgeous deluxe edition As a young man, Proust wrote both poetry and prose.
Even after he embarked on his masterful In Search of Lost Time at the age of thirty-eight, he never stopped writing poetry.
His verse is often playful, filled with affection and satire, and is peppered with witty barbs at friends and people in his social circle of aristocrats, writers, musici.