Henri Michaux Like I See You translated by Louise Landes Levi Love Thy Poet Postcard Series
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LIKE I SEE YOU
Those who see me coming.
Me too, I see them coming.
One day the cold will speak,
The cold pushing open the door will show the Void.
And then, my boys? And then?
Little cowards still so vain,
Swollen with the voice of others and the lungs of the era,
The whole troop, I see it in a single sheath,
Do you work? The palm tree also waves its arms.
And you warriors, soldiers with good hearts, benevolently sold.
Your great cause is cheap. It will be cold in the corridors of history.
How cold it is!
I see you in smocks, me, is it odd
I see the Christ too - Why not?
As he was about 1940 years ago.
His beauty already fading,
His face ravaged by the kisses of future Christians.
And so, it still works, the sale of stamps for the supernal?
Let's go, good bye all, I have until now just one foot in the elevator.
Adios.
- Henri Michaux
As an act of goodwill and for poetry - Longhouse is sending out each month complete publications - online - of one poet we have published in booklet form for everyone to share. It's a way of giving back to many of you who have sent to us poems, letters, purchases and the same goodwill over the years. The series will fly in under the banner of our Woodburners We Recommend. It should also be felt as a certain warmth in memory of our close friend and long time working companion Cid Corman. Each monthly booklet will also be available for purchase from Longhouse. For those readers that travel back as far as 1972 when Longhouse began, you know poetry was released like bandits by the day, by the week, by the month, and always free. We have never taken on grants and meant poetry to be seen & heard & on poetry terms. For the years 2004-5 and within the universal cyber cosmos, we would like to share a dozen poets with you....and only ask that you share them further.
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