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TO REDOUTÉ
To true roses uplifted on the bilious tide of evening And morning-glories dotting the crescent day The oval shape responds: My first is a haunting face In the hanging-down hair. My second is water: I am a sieve. My only new thing: The penalty of light forever Over the heads of those who were there And back into the night, the cough of finishing petal. Once approved the magenta must continue But the bark island sees Into the light: It grieves for what it gives: Tears that streak the dusty firmament. John Ashbery, The Tennis Court Oath [1957], Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut, 1962.
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| JOHN ASHBERY Source ■ Voir aussi ▼ → (sur Guernica) Houses at Night : Erica Wright interviews John Ashbery (February 8, 2008) → (sur le site des éditions Corti) la fiche de l’éditeur sur Le Serment du Jeu de Paume |
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