The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

OLIVIER CADIOT

the beautiful sky

grey, native

external, extreme, unique, etc.

the most little

the least

the most bad

the worst

the time flows the river
the day

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









the river flows

the day

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









(silence.) dead silence. (grand silence.)

Ah! (joy, sadness): ah! what good news!

Ha! (surprise): ha! what you say!

Ug! (disgust): ug! the world!

Eh! (to call): eh! over there!

Oy! (chagrin): oy veh!

Oh! (to call): oh! over there!

—charles bernstein and olivier cadiot