JE SUIS POETE

"Words can't hold what I have to say now, the meaning slips out of their skins. I open my mouth yet no sounds come out - or all that I hear, it sounds wrong." - Edouard d'Araille's latest anthology of poetry brings together verse from 16 volumes published between 1999 and 2020, including his most recent work 'Adapa's Ascent' - an English verse translation from a Mesopotamian story that dates back around 4000 years. 'Je Suis Poëte' (2021) provides the most wide-ranging collection of Edouard d'Araille's poetic works yet published. Lyrical poetry, War poetry, verse from the Ghetto, poems of the Absurd, Love poetry and Mystical verse - every type of subject matter and dozens of different types of poetical form are presented in this highly eclectic volume. The verse in this book is taken from 14 full-length poetry works, one anthology and a translation. The sixteen sections of 'Je Suis Poëte' provide choice selections from the 16 following volumes: 1. Adapa's Ascent - The First Story (2020) / 2. Ground Zero: 00/00/00 ['Post 9/11 Edition'] (2007) / 3. Poesia Nueva: The Man of Stone and Other Verse (2002) / 4. Out of these Eyes - A Modern Omar Khayám (1999) / 5. Out of the Ghetto [Unexpurgated Edition] (2017) / 6. Love Immortal: La Poésie de l'Amour (2015) / 7. Words Can't Hold... Two Decades of Poetry (2018) / 8. The Lost Verse - Fragments of 'Arkadia Nuova' (2001) / 9. The Fallen - Poetry of War and Conflict (2016) / 10. No/nsense - Views from the Borderland [Editor] (2002) / 11. WMD: Words of Mass Destruction (2017) / 12. After the Fire: The Poet of the Plateau (2001) / 13. Ground Zero: 00/00/00 ['Blue Edition'] (2000) / 14. In a Short Space of Time - A Verse Cycle (1999) / 15. Manuscript Remains of Soma Amritah (2003) / 16. Now or Never - A Poetic Ultimatum (2011). 'Je Suis Poëte' features images of the covers of all of these volumes as well as a variety of other illustrations. The text of the book is also interspersed with thoughtful and stimulating quotations from dozens of authors that interact with and introduce the poems. This book was released on January 31st 2021 and is made available here in Black-&-White Paperback format. / REVIEWS of Edouard d'Araille's previous works: "This is technically fascinating and moving poetry." - Late Professor John Bayley writing about 'In a Short Space of Time' (1999) / "This is a text of the highest order [...] It is a beautiful poetic work that relaxes and soothes the reader, but at a deeper level requires close reading to draw out the subtle meanings hidden within the text [...] really worthwhile as it is an anthology of rare genius and beauty." - Barry Page writing about 'The Complete Poetic Works of Soma Amritah' (2002) on Amazon.com / "There isn't a single type of poetry missed out of this anthology collated from ten poetry collections by Edouard d'Araille - the tragic and comical, romantic and political, nonsensical and mystical are all in here. This author writes fearlessly and in a concise, punctual, gripping style. His words keep me in a state of poetic suspense." - James Hartley on 'Words Can't Hold... - A Decade of Poetry' (2010) / "The most romantic book of poetry ever published." - 'Great World Books' review on 'Love Immortal' (2015) / "From the opening quote by George Orwell down to the post-finale 'The Last of London', this is a visionary and spectacular work of poetry that plays with words like they are some kind of verbal plasticine. This is an author from whom one never knows what to expect. He startles me at every turn with his outlooks on our Humanity." - Melissa Frost [Reviewer] on 'WMD: Words of Mass Destruction' (2017) / "This is a wonderful piece of work and a real contribution to reading literature. It is a really beautiful book." - Professor Shlomo Izre'el writing about 'Adapa's Ascent: The First Story' (2020) / "Nobody