Poem
Christian Bök
From Chapter E
Uit Hoofdstuk E
Deze regels, geketend, beperken met rem het spreken.De tekst verdelgt geselecteerde letters. We merken:
de vereerde exegete verwerpt het geregelde vers: het
sextet, het terzet – zelfs les scènes élevées en grec. Ze
rebelleert. Ze stelt kersverse precedenten. Ze verwerpt
de bekende, geëerde genres, de gestelde verzen – zelfs
les belles lettres en vers. Ze dweept met de perverse
estheten: Verne, Péret, Genet, Perec – ze pent fervente
preken tegen de regels, en heden stevent ze nevens de
weg en vent deze treffende teksten tegen elf cent per vel.
Steeds genegen bedenkt ze excellent recente weetjes.
From Chapter E
Enfettered, these sentences repress free speech. Thetext deletes selected letters. We see the revered exegete
reject metred verse: the sestet, the tercet – even les
scènes élevées en grec. He rebels. He sets new precedents.
He lets cleverness exceed decent levels. He eschews the
esteemed genres, the expected themes – even les belles
lettres en vers. He prefers the perverse French esthetes:
Verne, Péret, Genet, Perec – hence, he pens fervent
screeds, then enters the street, where he sells these let-
terpress newsletters, three cents per sheet. He engen-
ders perfect newness wherever we need fresh terms.
From: Eunoia
Publisher: Coach House Books, Toronto
Publisher: Coach House Books, Toronto
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From Chapter E
Enfettered, these sentences repress free speech. Thetext deletes selected letters. We see the revered exegete
reject metred verse: the sestet, the tercet – even les
scènes élevées en grec. He rebels. He sets new precedents.
He lets cleverness exceed decent levels. He eschews the
esteemed genres, the expected themes – even les belles
lettres en vers. He prefers the perverse French esthetes:
Verne, Péret, Genet, Perec – hence, he pens fervent
screeds, then enters the street, where he sells these let-
terpress newsletters, three cents per sheet. He engen-
ders perfect newness wherever we need fresh terms.
From: Eunoia
From Chapter E
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