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French

Les Dieux - by Françoise Han

{ Poem }

Ils viennent
/ comme des amis longtemps absents
/ qui sonnent à la porte du jardin
/ dans leurs vêtements
/ flotte un parfum de lointains pays
/
/ ils ne…

XXIX - by Hubert Haddad

{ Poem }

La pierre est lourde sur mon corps léger
/ N’y posez pas de fleurs tranchées
/ O périlleux humains qui marchez sur mon toit
/ Craignez…

Je vous écris… - by Mireille Fargier-Caruso

{ Poem }

Je vous écris à présent
/ que la porte claque à jamais
/ derrière nous
/ de ce pays de passé de légendes
/
/ je garde inaltérable
/ la forme…

Bodyscapes / Su¶erPose - by Jérôme Game

{ Poem }

La ligne m’ouvre la tête
/
/ …

Suspens - by Claire Malroux

{ Poem }

an extract
/
/ Ils éclosent à l’aube. Je les refoule
/ A l’abri de ma paupière, essaim labile
/ Une forme presque aussitôt disparaît
/ Parmi d’autres noires…

Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat) - by Arthur Rimbaud

{ Poem }

an extract
/
/ Sweeter than the flesh of sour apples to children, the green water penetrated my pinewood hull and washed me…

‘Samtal i natten på verandan…’ - by Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson

{ Poem }

Samtal i natten på verandan, cigaretternas
/ lysmaskar, vinet svart i glasen. Vi säger
/ ingenting just, inneslutna i den tystnad
/ som uppstår ur många…

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