Laurent Grison



Erasing letters

Erasing letters is a personal tribute
to some of the poets who live in my literary world

I
Abyssinia (Arthur Rimbaud)
The Abyssinian writer
of mute vowels
whispers:
where is the seer?



A very short history of literature (Anna Akhmatova)
Desire



Time (Kyoshi Takahama)
In the house
of time
walls
are made of paper



Prima la musica (Maurice Maeterlinck)
Music guides us
in the incredible maze
of unknown words


II

Trans-Siberian Railway (Blaise Cendrars)
Warp the snow rail/track
to free
the traveller poet



Perpetual animal (Tristan Tzara)
To open
the poem’s belly
one must use
a sawfish



Drama of the playwright (Thomas Pynchon)
Act 1
published
Act 2
performed
Act 3
forgotten



I am music (Rainer Maria Rilke)
In the atrium of the Salle Pleyel
leaning against a column
after listening to the 5^th symphony of Anton Bruckner
I wonder with Rainer Maria Rilke
« Wer wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen ? »


III

By chance (Stéphane Mallarmé)
On just a throw
we give these dice
to badly armed hands



The paradise of birds (Marianne Moore)
In the paradise of birds
worms are in hell



Oblivion (James Joyce)
idols and men
have in common
that they end up
forgotten



The last poem (William Butler Yeats)
A cloud closes the sun




Laurent Grison is a French poet, essayist and Art historian. He works regularly with visual artists and musicians.

His most recently published books (poetry) are:
L’œil arpente l’infini (Ed. Jacques Flament, 2017) with the photographer Nathan R. Grison; L’Homme élémentaire (Color Gang, 2016); Le Chien de Zola (Ed. Henry, 2016).

For a complete bibliography, see: www.laurentgrison.com
 
 
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