PIERRE-JEAN JOUVEParler, 1913; Vous êtes des hommes, 1915; Huit poèmes de la solitude, 1918; Heures,
livre de la grâce, 1920; Tragiques, 1923; Prière, 1924; Les Mystérieuses Noces, 1925;
Nouvelles noces, 1926; Le Paradis perdu, 1929; Noces, 1931; Sueur de sang, 1933; Ode
au peuple, 1939; Gloire, 1940; Le Bois des pauvres, 1943; Lyrique, 1956; Inventions,
1958; Ténèbre, 1965.
Lament for the Stag
Bloody like night, splendid in terror, highstrung,
Whimperless you die at our approach.
Come forth now above pain and perplexity.
However hasty, made impotent by sperm and sweat the
Hunter may have been, however culpable his
Shadow and feeble the love
He held! Come forth corporeal
Fur genuine and
Warm, crossing your death.
You whose wounds
Mark the craters of our true love’s
Demolition— return, come forth again
In spite of love, despite how your wound
Spits.
—keith waldrop
More and More Woman
Yes feminine and fat and scarlet
I saw myself spread on the mattress
To receive the stone guest
Lips! The one I am and hate
I was hollow and I was wet
With rising joy more lava than milk
Retaining the stars of my breast
And I reached I said this exquisite death
Fecund I stood up once more.
—mary ann caws