{"id":5134,"date":"2006-09-12T21:21:43","date_gmt":"2006-09-12T21:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidbosman.fr\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/20060912420-the-hollow-men\/"},"modified":"2010-03-27T23:37:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T22:37:46","slug":"20060912420-the-hollow-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/blog\/2006\/09\/12\/20060912420-the-hollow-men\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hollow Men"},"content":{"rendered":"
We are the hollow men
\n We are the stuffed men
\n Leaning together
\n Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
\n Our dried voices, when
\n We whisper together
\n Are quiet and meaningless
\n As wind in dry grass
\n Or rats’ feet over broken glass
\n In our dry cellar
\n
\n Shape without form, shade without colour,
\n Paralysed force, gesture without motion;
\n
\n Those who have crossed
\n With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom
\n Remember us — if at all — not as lost
\n Violent souls, but only
\n As the hollow men
\n The stuffed men.
\n
(T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men<\/a>) <\/blockquote>\n\n

C’est pas facile d’expliquer pourquoi on aime un po\u00e8me. C’est un peu comme vouloir dire pourquoi tel tableau est beau, ou tel rythme est bon. On peut y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir, se demander pourquoi on aime \u00e7a, c’est m\u00eame une tr\u00e8s bonne id\u00e9e, mais c’est une d\u00e9marche personnelle : pas vraiment partageable, telle quelle. <\/p>\n\n

Parler d’un po\u00e8me, on peut le faire pour rigoler, entre potes. On peut probablement en parler entre po\u00e8tes — comme des techniciens qui jaugent un travail en connaisseurs. On peut sans doute aussi en parler s\u00e9rieusement, \u00e0 la fa\u00e7on des profs — le genre de propos qui ne peut vivoter qu’abrit\u00e9 derri\u00e8re les quatre murs \u00e9pais d’une salle de classe, devant un public docile.<\/p>\n\n

Je ne sais pas parler de po\u00e8me, pas plus que de musique. Je ne sais pas en \u00e9crire, non plus. Je peux juste dire, “\u00e9coute \u00e7a !” ou “lis-donc !” et esp\u00e9rer que la rencontre ai lieu.<\/p>\n\n

Il y a un autre \u00e9cueil \u00e0 \u00e9viter quand on lit un po\u00e8me comme celui-ci : se placer tout \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l’auteur, l\u00e9g\u00e8rement en retrait peut-\u00eatre et, penchant la t\u00eate par-dessus son \u00e9paule, souriant d’un air entendu, doucement hocher la t\u00eate en lisant ce qu’il \u00e9crit \u00e0 propos des autres<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

\"Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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