The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

CLAUDE ROYET-JOURNOUD

where you dropped o√ a friend, and where the empty platform
is a whistling track to the hidden stars.
—stephen romer

Claude Royet-Journoud 1941–

lyon, france

R

oyet-Journoud is a poet more interested in literal transcriptions of

reality than in metaphorical, musical, or other descriptions of the

world. Along with Anne-Marie Albiach and Michel Couturier, he

founded and directed the review Siècle à mains (1963–1970). The three published

such poets as Louis Zukofsky, Edmond Jabès, Serge Gavronsky, and John Ash-

bery, in addition to contributing their own works. Royet-Journoud also edited

two volumes of American poetry with Emmanuel Hocquard: 21 + 1: Poètes

américains d’aujourd’hui (1986) and 49 + 1: Nouveaux poètes américains (1991).

Principal works: Le Renversement, 1972; La Notion d’obstacle, 1978; La Lettre de

Symi, 1980; Les Objets contiennent l’infini, 1983; Une méthode descriptive, 1986;

Milieu de dispersion, 1986; Porte de voix, 1990; Les Natures indivisibles, 1997.

Locality

an angular discrimination
accompanies the proposition

the name I give to a body

to make clear the usage
mouth gaping in surrender

‘‘another grammar’’