https://archive.org/details/angelflorestheanchoranthologyoffrenchpoetzlib.org/page/n233/mode/2up
I found this link that allows you to read from the classic anthology. An interesting introduction to some of the great French poets and a taste of different translators. It was my introduction in 1965 to poets such as Gerard de Nerval, Paul Verlaine, Apollinaire, and several others.
Today is the Remembrance Day of the visionary Joan of Arc. On May 30, 1431 she was burned to the stake in Rouen; she was 19 years old. Below is an an old French postcard depicting her as a young and courageous soldier.
I am thinking of her in my travels, reading and writing, and drawing inspiration and resolve from those who have walked before us, forging paths created with stepping stones of hope.
Thank you for this resource. I have one anthology of poetry and love opening it and savoring one poem at a time. I know nothing of French poetry and knowing that this book was so influential to you, I look forward to savoring one poem at a time out of it too (also, still really enjoying opening up A Book of Days. It's so nice.)
I’m sure you have read Mark Twain’s Joan of Arc, Patti? Such a brilliant, poetic, and well researched account of Joan’s life. Apparently there are many existing documents because of her trials, which Mark Twain was able to study. It’s the English who put her down…and now the same story is unfolding for Julian Assange, political prisoner (harbinger of Truth) locked away in His Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh. A horrendous jail by all accounts. 1431 Joan was burned after an extended and incredibly corrupt court case. 2022 Julian is still imprisoned after an extended and incredibly corrupt court proceedings. Appreciation Patti, for all you share.