Seedtime

by Philippe Jaccottet, Michael Hamburger (Translator), André Lefevere (Translator)

Michael Hamburger (Translator),Andre Lefevere (Translator)

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction, France

60 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 1977

About the author

Philippe Jaccottet was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator.

Reviews

[Edita · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a long time I kept away wounds
With the passing of birds
I was surrounded by air and feathers
At present my skin is still intact
But they have entered into me
Sometimes they bleed, especially at night
I still see the birds
But I bleed as they fly
When I merely hear them
Without seeing them, at the heart of day
I feel a little spared.
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It seems impossible
to go on, therefore, and yet you do. Why?

Because poetry could be of some help in confronting the
unbearable. Confront is a big word.

[steffi · Rating 5 out of 5]

here, the words themselves nearly touch the landscape.

[Alice Rovani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Itinéraire paysager qui trouve son extase dans la contemplation de lieux familiers, rendus à leur lumière la plus justement chromée (Le Mont Ventoux)