Robert Desnos
It's The Seven League Boots This Phrase “I See Myself”
From Tether 1, page 55:
Translated from the French by Bill Zavatsky
YOUR LOVERS AND MISTRESSES
to Janine
They don’t write their initials in chalk
in the white forest of love.
An eternal reaper erases the mathematicians’ blackboards
gelatine city complacent with spiders you shudder at my voice
Smoke plays an important part in my life.
And some ferocious tiger has traced
the reflection of its yellow eyes onto my chest.
A wall of tobacco and iris
This is the fortress
of the river’s
tribunal where
a hundred fishes
fly.
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Tether 1 contains essays by Bill Berkson on the influence of Piero Della Francesca; W. C. Bamberger presents never before published translations of the surrealist art critic Emil Szittya; Holly Day discusses George Sugarman’s polychrome sculptures from the 1960’s; John Willenbecher unearths something out of the ordinary about Chardin’s drawers; Judith Stein writes about the little known textile works of Katherine Porter; Douglas Crase reflects on sitting for a portrait; Trevor Winkfield unpacks the mysteries of Cezanne’s masterpiece, Mardi Gras; Nathan Kernan leaks a preview of his forthcoming biography on James Schuyler; Bill Zavatsky translates Robert Desnos’s 1926 book “It’s The Seven League Boots This Phrase ‘I See Myself’”; a selection of pages from Gerald Murphy’s notebooks; Chris Byrne introduces us to the visionary work of Susan Te Kahurangi King; Paul Hammond recalls his childhood awakening to the world of cinema; Charles North debunks the threat of poetry; and an essay on walking in the English countryside by A.J.A. Symons.
Printed in the USA
Edition of 500
9 black and white images and 59 color images
Item Weight : 0.82 pounds
Paperback : 180 pages
ISBN: 978069237617151500
Product Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
Publisher : Sienese Shredder Editions; Pap/Com Edition (2015)
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