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Verse of April: Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets

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43---> kali & gilbert

April 2, 2017

 

Name: Kali McNutt

Hometown: Birmingham, AL

Current City: Birmingham, AL

Occupation: Entrepreneur/Importer/Foreign Policy Semi-Wonk

Age: almost 32

 

What does poetry mean to you?

Poetry is a way to say more than what is literally on paper—it’s a method of evoking a feeling using few words.

Favorite poem or poet:

For the past two years I have returned to "Failing and Flying" by Jack Gilbert.

Why do you like this poem?

Gilbert’s poem provides an alternate way to look at failure in romantic relationships, a way that I think is more real than most anything I've ever heard or been taught. Also, it has the ability to make me weep every time I read it. A friend shared it with me, and I have shared it with others—all have been moved by it in some way.

In 2017 Tags kali mcnutt, poetry, poem, national poetry month, jack gilbert, relationships, verse of april

42---> yara & de musset

April 1, 2017

 

Prénom, Nom: Yara Lapidus
Ville actuelle: Paris
Travail: Chanteuse, auteur


Que signifie pour vous la poésie ?

La poésie est pour moi un espace de liberté absolue. Elle est indissociable de l’imagination, elle n’est pas dictée par aucune limite. La phrase suivante de Raymond Queneau est une parfaite illustration: "La poésie, c’est de savoir dire qu’il pleut quand il fait beau et qu’il fait beau quand il pleut." (1)

Poème préféré :

Il m’est très difficile de choisir un poète ou un poème tant la liste est longue.
Disons qu’aujourd’hui, le premier qui me vient à l’esprit est ce poème "VI" adressé à George Sand par Alfred de Musset :

A George Sand

Porte ta vie ailleurs, ô toi qui fus ma vie ;
Verse ailleurs ce trésor que j’avais pour tout bien.
Va chercher d’autres lieux, toi qui fus ma patrie,
Va fleurir, ô soleil, ô ma belle chérie,
Fais riche un autre amour et souviens-toi du mien.

Laisse mon souvenir te suivre loin de France ;
Qu’il parte sur ton coeur, pauvre bouquet fané,
Lorsque tu l’as cueilli, j’ai connu l’Espérance,
Je croyais au bonheur, et toute ma souffrance
Est de l’avoir perdu sans te l’avoir donné. (2)

Pourquoi aimez vous ce poème ?

J’aime ce poème pour la noblesse de la générosité qui se dégage des deux derniers vers ; Ces dernières phrases me bouleversent. (3)
 

Un nouvel album de Yara Lapidus se prépare dont la sortie en version française est prévue le 23 juin 2017. Elle est l'auteur et l'interprète. Gabriel Yared est le compositeur. Découvrez "One Thing, Nothing", extrait de ce nouvel album Indéfiniment sur son site. (4)

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Traduit du français par Carrie Chappell/ Translated from French to English by Carrie Chappell

(1) For me, poetry is a space of absolute freedom. It is deeply intertwined with the imagination and knows no bounds. This following sentence from Raymond Queneau is a perfect example of this: "Poetry is being able to say, it's raining when the weather is nice and that the weather is nice when it's raining." 

(2) It is really difficult for me to choose a poet or a poem as the list is long. For today, let's say that first poem that comes to mind is this "VI" addressed to George Sand by Alfred de Musset:

 

To George Sand

Lead your life elsewhere, o thou who was my life;

Pour out this treasure that I held as property.

Go find some other place, you who were my country.

Flourish, o sun, o my beautiful darling,

Make rich another love and remember mine. 

 

Let my memory follow you away from France;

That it could part on your heart, poor faded bouquet,

When you gathered it, I knew Hope,

I believed in happiness, and all my suffering 

Is to have lost it without giving it to you. 

 

(3) I love this poem for the noble generosity that emerges in the last two verses; those last lines shatter me. 

(4) Yara Lapidus' new album is in its final stages and is due for release on July 23, 2017. She is the writer and singer. Gabriel Yared is the composer. You can preview "One Thing, Nothing," a single already released from Indéfiniment, by visiting her site. 

In 2017 Tags yara lapidus, music, poetry, verse of april, singer, paris, raymond queneau, imagination, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Gabriel Yared, compositeur, album, carrie chappell
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