Le poème d'Arthur Rimbaud
est en train d'être affiché
au pied de l'église de Saint Sulpice
à raison de 20 lignes par colonne
Le seul problème c'est qu'il faut le lire
à l'envers
c'est à dire de la droite vers la gauche
et je ne sais pas si l'intégralité du poème
pourra tenir sur la totalité du mur
qui séparait l'ancien séminaire
(devenu centre des impôts)
de la rue Férou
Enfin ça fera un voyage littéraire
pour ceux qui iront de la Place au Jardin
(du Luxembourg)
The Poetry Fair
RépondreSupprimerI suppose that both tradition and economics play a role
in keeping the annual French Poetry Fair out of doors,
in little white tents in the Square in front of Saint Sulpice.
Tents that protect the exhibitors from the sun,
should the sun come out from behind the clouds,
and those same tents protect the poets
and their books
from the constant threat of precipitation
One might refer to this event as a Poetry Market
obviously the event could be held indoors
that would likely cost more, but it would be drier
upon these white tents set in rows
before the Cathedral St. Sulpice
it most certainly will rain
pelting the poets and their books
it always has and will
Ah, and not unexpectedly many poems written during the poetry fair
feature the element of water from above
and it rained as well upon the antique book fair
held the week before the poets materialize for their two day fair
so, the weather has nothing, necessarily, against poets,
only books perhaps
and why I say books is because when the poets depart
and the white tents are emptied of poetry books,
the antique dealers move into the white tents with
old brass candlesticks, battered muffin tins,
ancient embroidered linens, and wood tennis rackets
and the rain falls only on those who include books in their inventory
some of those books may be old leather bound poems
Perhaps a wet copy of the Bateau Ivre
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p.s. Perhaps you know, and if you don't, Rimbaud wrote Le Bateau Ivre while sitting in a cafe on the Square St. Sulpice.
Directly across from my apartment, located right off the square, is a large wall upon which is painted a gigantic version of the poem. Click this link to see more: http://promenadedunefleur.blogspot.fr/2012/05/le-bateau-ivre-fait-encrage.html