Joseph Julien Guglielmi

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pleasure was

pleasure was
close to
the forbidden

the dead
man’s
jaw

locked
after-
wards

the son
prone
artificial

light

he who thinks
henceforth
without breathing

pleasure was

le plaisir
confinait à
l’interdit

la mâchoire
du
mort

bloquée
après
coup

le fils
étendu
lumière

artificielle

celui qui pense
désormais
sans respirer

Joseph Julien Guglielmi

(France, 1929 - 2017)

Born 1929 in Marseille of Italian parents, at the end of the war Guglielmi discovers jazz and meets other poets, Jean Malrieu, Gérald Neveu, Jean Tortel, Henri Deluy, Jean-Jacques Viton and Cayrol. He contributes to several magazines including Action poétique, Cahiers du Sud, Mantéia, and Le collet de Buffle.

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pleasure was

pleasure was
close to
the forbidden

the dead
man’s
jaw

locked
after-
wards

the son
prone
artificial

light

he who thinks
henceforth
without breathing

pleasure was

pleasure was
close to
the forbidden

the dead
man’s
jaw

locked
after-
wards

the son
prone
artificial

light

he who thinks
henceforth
without breathing