"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Francis Ponge Tag

13 Aug

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Francis Ponge, a French poet mostly concentrated on everyday objects, wrote Le Parti pris des choses in seclusion during the German occupation of France, and published it in 1942. The title is usually translated into English as Taking the Side of Things (or The Nature...