Poetry

Little sandal brushing the grass, let her pass.

Beautiful poem, George.
 

Thanks Bern. I am looking for a decent English translation of Rene Char (selected/collected poems). So far, I have found only a recent bad translation.
 

This is just beautiful..
I just love the poems on your site..they are very beautiful and pictures in words..
I added it to my picture...May I do that?
http://Ladymaggic.mastersitebuilder.com
I am seeking poems to add to my photographs and Art..
Maggi
 

Hello Maggi,

Of course you can. And thanks for your kind comments.
 

Hi George: Great translation. I am taking an intensive course in book arts now and am interested in doing a broadside of one of Char's poems as well as one of his poems in translation. Using the idea of a poem as an archive/palimpsest, I would like to create a poem within a poem on the broadside by drawing out certain words in the Char poem and setting them off in complementary type and color on the broadside. I would like to do this both for the Char poem and the translation. Could I use one of your translations of a Char poem for such a broadside? Would you like to pull out the small poem within the Char poem and be a poet along with Char on the broadside? I will be happy to give you finely printed broadsides if you are interested. Please contact me at arcbonita@yahoo.com if this sounds like something you might like. I agree with the poster here that most of the translations of Char, in contradistinction to your translation here, do not do his work justice. Best, Jackie M