All along the spring and summer, an eagle kept circling my house, sometimes flying along the bow window close enough to show his red eye. Beloved eagle, full of promise and wild omen. Though roebucks wouldn’t ever stop hanging around the house, harrowing...

With a rubber Shade off the dark Soothe the light; tone the reds down on the picture. Let the whale in the back Play its old Chinese tunes They will dance west, Golden shadows on the waves of the night, Till they spare drowned on blue sea grass Carefully...

Mes préférences à moi, Monsieur, Vont à Molière, Aussi pardonnez-moi si je l’ai massacré C’est que c’était trop drôle, aussi, que d’essayer D’angliciser ces vers, de les faire obéir Aux grand-mères d’ailleurs, aux vioques d’autrefois Qui me font – honte...