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Contemporary French poetry has long been tagged as being overly cerebral and hermetic. But there exists a very different, thriving tradition which is too often muffled by noisier movements like Surrealism or Minimalism. Into the Deep Street' gives voice to this tradition. What links the poets is an acute awareness of the existential instant in both its inward workings and also, crucially, in its outwardness – in the street, on the move.
From the key figure of Jean Follain, who can freeze an entire period of history in a vignette of a few lines, via the best-known of the close-knit if regionally scattered group, Philippe Jaccottet, to the newer voices of Guy Goffette and Gilles Ortlieb, all these poets are masters of wry brevity and the resonant image.
Jennie Feldman's first collection of poems, The Lost Notebook', was published by Anvil in 2005, as was her selection and translation from Jacques Réda's poems, Treading Lightly'. She lives in Jerusalem.
Stephen Romer has been Maître de conférences at the University of Tours since 1991. His anthology 20th Century French Poems' was published by Faber in 2002. The latest of his four collections of poetry, Yellow Studio', was published by Carcanet in 2008.
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reviewed Into the Deep Street: Seven Modern French Poets 1938-2008 on October 02, 2014 Into the Deep Street: Seven Modern French Poets 1938-2008
This is a masterpiece of contemporary Mexican poetry. Kudos to the editors for such a vast range of work - from more traditional works to visually challenging material, to indigenous poets writing about their issues of living in a duel Spanish world to Heriberto Yepez's gritty realism of the life of Tijuana streets. There are funny poems, spiritual poems and visually stunning poems in this collection. The best part is the book is trilingual and it was great to read the works in their original language.
Of the many poets, here is a selection of the ones that struck me best:
Navidad by Gerardo Deniz is about a Santa who gets stuck in a flue. The people try to give him food but he gets fatter,drink of rum and no luck, an octopus who comes up only with the hat. Santa causes the smoke to back up in the Mexican apartments and then they get annoyed. Sadly he perishes and the bones fall down releasing him. The punch line is " what do we tell the kids?" I laughed as it was so perverse. After visiting Mexico at Christmas time and with all their "fake Santas" and trees without snow, things just seemed so surreal. Maybe this wasn't a funny story after all, Mexican Gothic.
Migraciones by Gloria Gervitz is full of rich imagery and beatiful language. Her reflections about life are poignant and moving. A real treat.
De como Robert Schuman fue vencido por lls demonios (On how Robert Schuman was defeated by Demons) by Francisco Hearnandez. I loved this poem in 24 verses. The story of Robert Schuman and his love for Clara ( and Clara's disturbed father) is retold with a musical sensibility and one can feel the pain and disturbing outcome of their love in this massive tale. His language has a real bite and some of the repeated phrases reinforce the tale.
David Huerta, the only one who I have heard of, left me a bit baffled and impressed at the same time. There were several love poems that were almost painful to read. The two I liked were The Cauldron and Light from Parallel Worlds. His Spanish flows and is very evocative.
Rabit-foot effectiveness... By Eduardo Milan is a wonderful query into why is only the foot called lucky, when the whole rabbit ended its luck to pass on this "good luck". Nice piece to ponder.
I loved the deep literary poeams of Tedi Lopez Mills and the playful words of Ernesto Lumbreras. His poem El cielo (The Sky) is a witty and masterful reflection of building a wall to make "good fences make good neighbors" while acknowdeging the sky is being lost to the wall. A nice visual pun.
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