Those who follow the news are not superior but complicit Ceux qui se tiennent au courant de l’actualité ne sont pas supérieurs mais complices Not to worry, soon enough you will not be able to turn your machines off Pas… Read More ›
L’aile française
Quand – l’argent – le métier – leur dévouement à l’art –
When – his money – her work – her devotion to art {The English version, though chronologically the first and perhaps freer of a foreigner’s faults, here follows the French, stanza by stanza. La version française, quoique écrit après l’anglais… Read More ›
Civilization and its Discontents / Malaise dans la civilisation
With apologies to Freud, three poems, none too serious. Que Freud puisse accepter mes excuses pour ces trois poèmes petits et légers. I The playground is quiet I can read in the sun The children confined to day care… Read More ›
Summer Just Barely Over (La rentrée à peine)
Exhausted by my work day and exercise Épuisée par une journée de travail et au club de sport I went to bed early and woke at 6.30 Je me suis couchée tôt et me suis réveillée à 6.30 And there… Read More ›
Limerick 57—à propos de Macron & the capitalist dance
Dear Readers, Since this is the first bilingual “limerick,” I have thought to make a special place for it. (The whole, still-growing series may be found at The Limericks, a pdf.) Below, the French version of #57 first, then the… Read More ›
On our way to a funeral / En allant à un enterrement
{ Le brouillon d’une version en français attend en bas. } On our way to a funeral Lost we retraced our steps And so we found ourselves Among so many familiar things Though we still didn’t know where we… Read More ›
Phlegm misting the heart
{ Chers francophones : Apaise et ouvre les trous de l’esprit — un brouillon pour une traduction — se trouve en bas. } Overhearing someone use the word “courage.” “Something has to happen,” they told themselves. Youth, eager to… Read More ›
