Little Willow ([info]slayground) wrote,
@ 2008-05-09 05:44:00
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Poetry Friday: Passer-by, these are words... by Yves Bonnefoy
Passer-by, these are words. But instead of reading
I want you to listen: to this frail
Voice like that of letters eaten by grass.

- from Passer-by, these are words... by Yves Bonnefoy, translated from the French by Hoyt Rogers

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(Anonymous)
2008-05-09 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Wonderful poem. I'd love to be able to read it in the French!

writer2b

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[info]slayground
2008-05-09 02:15 pm UTC (link)
I am not certain which collection holds this poem, as I am not well-versed (no pun intended) in his works and I do not speak French, but perhaps this page of information could lead you in the right direction:

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/bonnef.htm

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[info]cloudscome
2008-05-09 07:00 pm UTC (link)
Wonderful the uses of sound in that poem!

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[info]slayground
2008-05-09 07:04 pm UTC (link)
It tells such a maudlin tale.

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