Homesick for the Earth

by Supervielle, Jules; Alvi, Moniza

• ISBN13: 9781852249205
• ISBN10: 185224920X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Summary

Dreamlike, Often gently fantastical poems, Imbued with an appealing surface clarity.

Author Biography

Moniza Alvi writes: 'I have been making versions of Supervielle's poems for several years, strongly drawn to his style of writing, while also finding coincidental parallels with my own life, such as his birth "elsewhere" on another continent. My aim has been to retain the spirit of the French poems, and as many of their implications as I can, while making a poem that has a life in English. I thought he was an enchanting, inspiring poet who deserved to be so much better known in this country.'

Table of Contents

Prophétie	p. 16
Le chien	p. 18
Montévidéo	p. 20
Le portrait	p. 24
Haute mer	p. 28
Les mains photographiées	p. 30
Un poète	p. 32
'Ainsi parlait je sais bien que…'	p. 34
'Je choisis un peuplier…'	p. 36
47 Boulevard Lannes	p. 38
Le regret de la terre	p. 44
Whisper in Agony	p. 46
L'allée	p. 48
Visages des animaux	p. 50
L'aube dans la chambre	p. 52
Plein ciel	p. 54
La mer secrète	p. 56
Mouvement	p. 58
Les poissons	p. 60
L'enfant et les escaliers	p. 62
'Écoute, apprendras-tu a m'écouter de loin…'	p. 64
Visite de la nuit	p. 66
Naufrage	p. 68
'C'est vous quand vous êtes partie…'	p. 70
La mer	p. 72
Pour un poète mort	p. 74
La demeure entourée	p. 78
Docilité	p. 80
La goutte de pluie	p. 82
Premiers jours du monde	p. 84
Prière a l'inconnu	p. 86
Tu disparais	p. 92
'Nuit en moi, nuit au dehors…'	p. 94
1940	p. 96
Le relais	p. 98
Lourde	p. 100
Guerre et paix sur la terre	p. 102
S'il n'était pas d'arbres à ma fenêtre	p. 106
'Dans la forêt sans heures…'	p. 108
Le malade	p. 110
Chevaux sans cavaliers	p. 112
'Tu mourus de pansympathie…'	p. 114
Hommage à la Vie	p. 116
Introduction	p. 11
Prophecy	p. 17
The Dog	p. 19
Montevideo	p. 21
The Portrait	p. 25
High Seas	p. 29
The Photographed Hands	p. 31
Poet	p. 33
Unnamed	p. 35
You	p. 37
47 Boulevard Lannes	p. 39
Homesick for the Earth	p. 45
Whisper in Agony	p. 47
In the Lane	p. 49
Animal Faces	p. 51
Dawn in the Bedroom	p. 53
Open Sky	p. 55
The Secret Sea	p. 57
Movement	p. 59
Fish Swimming	p. 61
The Child on the Stairs	p. 63
Listen, will you learn to hear me from a distance?	p. 65
Night Visitor	p. 67
Castaway	p. 69
It's You When You've Gone	p. 71
The Sea	p. 73
For a Dead Poet	p. 75
Home Surrounded	p. 79
Docility	p. 81
The Raindrop	p. 83
First Days of the World	p. 85
Prayer to the Unknown	p. 87
You're Disappearing	p. 93
Night	p. 95
1940	p. 97
The Inn	p. 99
Atlas	p. 101
War and Peace on Earth	p. 103
The Trees Outside My Window	p. 107
In the Forest	p. 109
The Malady	p. 111
Riderless Horses	p. 113
To My Posthumous Self	p. 115
To Life	p. 117
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