The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

ANDRÉE CHÉDID

of poetry. Principal works: Textes pour une figure, 1949; Terre et poésie, 1956;

Contre-chant, 1969; Visage premier, 1972; Fraternité de la parole, 1975; Cavernes et

soleils, 1979; L’Enfant multiple, 1989; Territoires du sou∆e, 1999.

Trials of the Poet

In this world
Where our life
Falls apart,
Or reshu∆es

The poet
Unendingly
Hugs the unknown

Inventing the poem
Its powers of sharing
Its light in the depths.
—rosemary lloyd

Looking at Childhood

To your life’s final borders
You’ll carry your childhood
Its stories, its tears
Its toys and its fears

Through all of your days
You follow your childhood
It hobbles your pace
As it shows you the way

Unique as a spell
The eye of your childhood
Holds in its well
The world of the gaze.
—rosemary lloyd