For the Maintenance of Landscape
Published on 1. January 2012
113 pages
978-1-55071-372-5 (ISBN)
Description
Most contemporary poets wear their cultural and artistic influences on their sleeve. Picking up a book in an English language bookstore, it is easy to see where the poet is coming from, either geographically, or culturally (ironic and formal; confessional and free etc). This may seem reductive until you read a book like the one you have in your hands. Put simply, Mia Lecomte is a quietly dazzling poet on her own terms. She is fed by multiple cultures, she is widely read, but her writing is unique and absolutely genuine. You won't have read anything like this.
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Poet and author of children's books and plays, Mia Lecomte lives in Rome. Among her most recent poetry publications are Autobiografie non vissute (2004) and Terra di risulta (2009), from which a part of this translation was taken. She is an honourary member of the French Association "Confluences poétiques," and her poems have been translated and published in Italy and abroad. She edited the anthology Ai confini dei verso - Poesia della migrazione in italiano (2006), Sempre ai confini del verso - Dispatri poetici in italiano (2011), and co-edited A New Map - The Poetry of Migrant Writers in Italy (2011) with Luigi Bonaffini.
Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Preface
- Clockface
- Rarely
- From Unlived Autobiographies / Autobiografie non vissute (2004) translation by Johanna Bishop
- [Life is what is left ...]
- [Vita è quello che rimane ...]
- Engadine Metamorphoses (Metamorfosi engadinesi)
- Chasté
- Chasté
- Fex
- Fex
- Albula
- Albula
- Zuoz
- Zuoz
- Guarda
- Guarda
- S-charl
- S-charl
- Restaged Improvisation (Replica a soggetto)
- Asylum
- Asilo
- Bifocal
- Bifocale
- From Behind
- Di spalle
- Leavetaking
- Congedo
- Litany of the Lost (Litania del perduto)
- Scriptures
- Scritture
- Births
- Natali
- Dominoes
- Domino
- Evening
- Serale
- From Land of Debris / Terra di risulta (2009) translation by Brenda Porster
- [Pity on us ...]
- [Pietà di noi ...]
- Of Your Places (Dei vostri luoghi)
- Resurrection on the Hudson
- Resurrezione sull'Hudson
- Cyrene
- Cirene
- At Naxos
- A Nasso
- Swissminiature
- Swissminiature
- Pompei
- Pompei
- Fiesta in Arles
- Arles in fiesta
- Lessons from Salento
- Lezioni salentine
- Aigues Mortes
- Aigues mortes
- Corsican Nocturne
- Notturno corso
- Asuni
- Asuni
- Street Map in Relief (Viario in rilievo)
- Via Catalani
- Via Catalani
- Kensington Court
- Kensington Court
- Via Serbelloni
- Via Serbelloni
- Hattan 3
- Hattan 3
- Domestic Bestiaries (Bestiari domestici)
- Merry-Go-Round
- Carousel
- Cuculidae
- Cuculide
- Papagena
- Papagena
- Python
- Python
- To Buridano
- A Buridano
- Jagdtrophae
- Jagdtrophae
- From Meanwhile, Time / Intanto il tempo (unpublished) translation by Brenda Porster
- Action Replay
- Moviola
- Diploma
- Diploma
- Ménage
- Ménage
- Ikea
- Ikea
- Genomes
- Genomi
- Doll House
- Casa di bambola
- Jack in the Box
- Jack in the box
- Attractions
- Attrazioni
- Curtains
- Sipario
- Author-Translator Bios
- About Mia Lecomte's Poetry
- Back Cover
