A breath of air opens up operadic gaps in the walls, – blurs the pivoting of the decrepit roofs – scatters the borders of the hearths, – casts a shadow across the casement windows. All along the vine, having supported myself by the foot on a gargoyle, – I climbed down into this carriage whose [...]
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Commonplace Nocturne by Arthur Rimbaud translated by Robert Yates
Posted in Les Illuminations on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fairy by Arthur Rimbaud translated by Robert Yates
Posted in Les Illuminations, Poetry Cafe on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For Helen, ornamental saps conspired in the virgin shadows, and impassive brightnesses in the astral silence. The summer heat was bestowed to mute birds, and the requisite indolence to a priceless funeral barque sailing across bays of dead loves and sunken perfumes. – After the moment of the women woodcutters’ song accompanied by the rumbling [...]
