Guillevic’s Geometries

Originally titled Euclidiennes and written in French, Geometries is a collection of poetry that presents what certain geometric figures may say or think; it reminds me of the characters in Flatland. It was written in the early sixties, but recently translated into English by Ugly Duckling Presse.

Wikipedia has only a small bit of information about Eugène Guillevic’s life. His obituary in The Independent provides a bit more.

And now for some poems from Geometries: