The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Et je fermais les yeux je ne voyais plus les branches ni le ciel et ...

OLIVIER CADIOT And I closed my eyes I no longer saw either branches or sky and I could stay there to survey + to work. In the ev ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium C’est [f]formidable! Ah! le [m]misérable! la [c]canaille! Oh! les [ ...

OLIVIER CADIOT This is [f]FORmidable! Ah! ze [m]MISerable! ze [r]RIFFra√! Ug! ze [b]BANdits!—Everyday so dumb... He pronounces i ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium le beau ciel gris, natal éternel, extrême, unique, etc. le plus pet ...

OLIVIER CADIOT the beautiful sky grey, native external, extreme, unique, etc. the most little the least the most bad the worst t ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium L’Automne Le Shogun, soucieux d’ajouter à sa gloire, avait ordonné ...

Jean Frémon 1946– paris, france A n accomplished poet, novelist, art critic, and essayist, Frémon explores the meaning of lists, ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium ne sont pas dans l’ombre, la forme des intervalles entre les arbres ...

JEAN FRÉMON ness that reign between trees and the comings and goings of the fisherman on the lake, with particular attention to ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Hokusai arrive le dernier, un panier à la main et un rouleau sous l ...

JEAN FRÉMON Hokusai arrived last, a basket in his hand and a roll of paper under his arm. He unrolled a length across the grass ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Quand il n’y a plus rien à attendre (extraits) Quand il n’y a plus ...

Liliane Giraudon 1946– france A poet and novelist, Giraudon is also a contributor to and cofounder and editor of many reviews. S ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium A deux pas de la Sorgue Une femme disait J’ai un petit carnet avec ...

GUY GOFFETTE Close by the river Sorgue A woman said I’ve got a small notebook with a list of my dead friends When I feel like Op ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium Max Jacob Priez pour le petit saltimbanque à croix jaune, qui envia ...

GUY GOFFETTE Max Jacob Pray for the little acrobat with the yellow cross, who envied a toad, pray for him, an angel on days of d ...

part 6. 1981–2002: young poetry at the end of the millennium qu’elle comptait, recomptait des lèvres. Et lui qui tirait et sa mè ...

MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ that she counted over, barely moving her lips. And he pulled and his mother resisted, knowing very well what ...