La Poesie Comme Un Art D'insurgence (Je Vous Fait Signe A Travers Les Flammes) .(Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker
La Poesie Comme Un Art D'insurgence (Je Vous Fait Signe A Travers Les Flammes) .(Translation) .
Je vous fais signe a travers les flammes.
Le Pole Nord n'est plus ou il se trouvait auparavant.
La Destinee Manifeste n'est plus manifeste.
La civilisation se detruit.
La nemesis frappe a la porte.
Les poetes de quoi servent-ils, dans une telle age?
De quoi sert la poesie?
L'etat du monde s'ecrie a la poesie de le sauver.
Si vous voudriez etre un poete, creez des oeuvres capables de repondre au defi des temps apocalyptiques,
meme si ce sens sonne apocalyptique.
Vous etes Whitman, vous etes Poe, vous etes Mark Twain, vous etes Emily Dickinson et Edna St. Vincent Millay, vous etes Neruda et mayakovsky et Pasolini, vous etes Americain ou non, vous pouvez conquerir le monde avec des mots...
-' Poetry as Insurgent Art' (Je vous fais signe a travers les flammes) .Lawrence Ferlinghetti b.1919.
The topical poem is about saving and changing the world. Poetry can be an insurgent art, inspiring people to make changes in their world. These are apocalyptic times; the North Pole is no longer where it used to be. Civilization is destroying itself: nemesis is knocking on the door. You could become a life-changing poet like Walt Whitman. Allen Ginsberg, in 'Howl', and June Jordan's poems either criticize the world seriously, or seek to change it.
The poem reminds me of Karl Marx's quote (on his grave) : 'The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it'.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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8/30/2026 5:35:44 AM # rel_20260827T145718Z_a0f1bd3
The North Pole is no longer where it was ans such shifting provokes thought. Waving thoughts through flame of knowledge manifests destiny. Life and poetry both are associated. A well penned poem is perfectly translated by nice effort...10