Poems by Blandine Merle

1.

game over,
on a background of sea side donut smell

in a row on the track, the bumper cars
finish mounting their blasts


further on, some blue devil makes the decks shimmer
then the tune fades out
gives way to rust from all sides
screeching in the neighboring headlight beams


Par Obole © Editions Cheyne, 2011
English translation by Maria Raluca Hanea




2.

the rule
of the hugely open
risky turn for men
(dummy crushes)
unfolds its work of scissors


affected hair net
intertwined with veins


Par Obole © Editions Cheyne, 2011
English translation by Maria Raluca Hanea

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Born in 1981, Blandine Merle lives and teaches in the Paris region. Her poetry collection Par Obole (Editions Cheyne, 2011) won the prestigious Prix de la Vocation ; she regularly publishes her poems in reviews such as A Verse, Nunc, Revue de Belles-Lettres.

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