Reviews for Into the Deep Street: Seven Modern French Poets 1938-2008

The average rating for Into the Deep Street: Seven Modern French Poets 1938-2008 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-31 00:00:00 Jon Day our dreams do not meet, their memories cross like the wakes left by two ships. * Nostalgia hangs its hammock within my heart * On the beach words of salt and spray sketch themselves. The sea's waves name the earth. * Evening falls and you finish your trip. Tomorrow when you go I will look for you in the emptiness you left everywhere. And if the day is clear, perhaps I may get to see the two volcanoes forever covered with snow, like the silence that envelops two bodies that gazed at each other without even touching.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-02 00:00:00 Hd Santamaria 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.