Poetry

Poetry is a very old literary genre, with a variety of forms, generally written in verse but which also admits prose, and which favours the expressiveness of form, the words saying more than themselves by their choice and arrangement. Its definition proves difficult and varies according to the times, so much so that each century has been able to find a different function and a different expression, to which is added the approach specific to the personality of each poet.

Documents Section

You will find in this section some of my favourite poems and some essays of my own writing.

Chanson d'automne / Autumn Song

Paul Verlaine / 1844-1896

Les sanglots longs

Des violons

De l'automne

Blessent mon coeur

Monotone.


Tout suffocant

Et blème, quand

Sonne l'heure

Je me souviens

Des jours anciens

Et je pleure ;


Et je m'en vais

Au vent mauvais

Qui m'emporte

Deçà, delà,

Pareil à la

Feuille morte.



The long sobs.

Fiddlesticks.

From the fall.

Hurt my heart.

Monotone.


All suffocating.

And blemish, when?

Sounds like the time.

I remember.

From the old days.

And I'm crying.


And I'm going away.

In a bad wind.

Who's taking me away?

Here, here, here, here...

Same as la.

Dead leaf.