Poesia Nueva: The Man of Stone & Other Collections

By Edouard d'Araille

"Halfway gone along this road we tread, amid a deep, dark forest I awake - where all good paths are lost among themselves." - DANTE Alighieri

'POESIA NUEVA', THE FIRST ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY BY EDOUARD d'ARAILLE, COLLATED FROM SEVEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED VOLUMES AND TWO ANTHOLOGIES, WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2001. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED VERSE CYCLE 'MAN OF STONE', A TRIBUTE TO T.S. ELIOTKEY COMPILATION OF EARLY WORKS: This volume includes a diverse range of work over the 5-year period 1996-2001, when Edouard d'Araille released his earliest verse cycles 'Memories of the Future' (1997) and 'Even We Are In Arkadia' (1998), as well as his d but full-length volume 'In a Short Space of Time' (1999) under the name 'Adam Pathos'], plus 'Out of the Eyes' (2000) under the name 'Soma Amritah'] and 'Ground Zero: 00/00/00' (2000) under the name 'Ludo Chronos'], et al.
THE CRIME

I AM NOT A
DANGEROUS SUBVERSIVE,
NOR VAGRANT OF
THE CITY STREETS,
A CONTRAVENER
OF THE LAW,
OR CRIMINALLY INSANE;

ALL THAT I DO
IS TO SIT
AND PERFORM
THE ONLY CRIME
I KNOW HOW TO COMMIT:
TO MAKE YOU SEE
WHO YOU ARE -
TO HOLD UP A MIRROR
TO MANKIND.

"At last this idiosyncratic volume is available again and readers can appreciate the early evolution of the many poetic contortions of this enigmatic and extremely un-English English author " - JJ Hargreaves, Great World Books (2022)

"This is technically fascinating and moving poetry." The Late Professor John Bayley

"One of the most significant poets of recent years, Edouard d'Araille's poetry covers all themes and poetic forms, all styles and moods; he is a truly extraordinary eclectic poet for the 21st Century." - Damian Milton DD

The House in Chelsea Extract]

"Well they must be wealthy,
they live in Chelsea -
Their door is enormous.
Their credit is healthy.
Their settee is leather,
their wardrobe is velvet
- cocktails for breakfast
and 'bifteque' for tea.

I have not met them
but one day hope to,
await introductions,
to join "the club" -
If the parakeet answers
'good mourning, sar '
they say that is an omen
that paves the stair."

'EDITOR'S NOTE' TO POESIA NUEVA: "The present collection of poetry by Edouard d'Araille includes works from earlier publications (written under his own name and pseudonyms) as well as those commissioned for this new work. It is hoped that the current volume provides a satisfactory cross-section of the range of his content and style, and that it will give pleasure to the widest and most varied audience of readers as possible - I am sure this was the intent of the author, else why write prose or verse at all? You will not find here the expression of one uniform sentiment throughout - no, rather more of a kaleidoscope of feelings and a spectrum of subjects and moments. At some times serious, at others humoristic, sometimes romantic and at others almost mystic - it is hard to describe the work of Edouard d'Araille in a polarized way. For the order and content of this work, I, the publisher, must take responsibility, though there was consultation throughout with the author. Beyond that, the words of the poems must speak for themselves, I can give no introduction." - Alderson Smith, London, 2001.

the starless depths

I step
into the
starless depths

garland of night
draped over
my chest

I grow
into the
infinite spaces

time, are you ready
to meet me now?

you will know me
when you find me

you will expect me
when I have arrived

I do not know
who you
are -
but I do
not want to
hold myself back

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903331374
• ISBN13: 9781903331378
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Living Time Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"