 In 1900 he wrote his first novel "Mirely, ou le petit trou pas cher" (pornographic), which was eventually lost.Apollinaire's first collection of poetry was "L'enchanteur pourrissant" (1909), but "Alcools" (1913) established his reputation.The poems, influenced in part by the Symbolists, juxtapose the old and the new, combining traditional poetic forms with modern imagery.