france

choose which world in all this water

choose which world in all this water

Three poems by Simon Johannin, translated from French by Cory Stockwell

The Trees in Succession

The Trees in Succession

From the poem by Stéphane Bouquet, translated from French by Kenneth Reveiz

blind windows to hell

blind windows to hell

A poem from In the Glittering Maw by Joyce Mansour, translated from French by C. Francis Fisher

the soul in migration

the soul in migration

Two poems from Abounding Freedom by Julien Gracq, translated from French by Alice Yang

silence runs the length of veins

silence runs the length of veins

pines twist, others swell, the sky full of kisses

pines twist, others swell, the sky full of kisses

while dawn silences

while dawn silences

the part of me that dreams will break unless it bends

the part of me that dreams will break unless it bends

I am an allegory for the void

I am an allegory for the void

I was so hungry thinking how love used to taste

I was so hungry thinking how love used to taste

bad verses just never end

bad verses just never end

I can still see you: an echo

I can still see you: an echo

Once resuscitated, I will be a book.

Once resuscitated, I will be a book.

with no more authority or force than pale, stripped branches

with no more authority or force than pale, stripped branches

I was holding the light on either side of me

I was holding the light on either side of me

Now that everything’s been put off again until tomorrow.

Now that everything’s been put off again until tomorrow.

One sentence says to the other that the tree is a metaphor waiting to be killed.

One sentence says to the other that the tree is a metaphor waiting to be killed.