Scansion of the Dark

<p><em>Scansion of the Dark</em> is Anthony Rudolf's translation of Michele Finck's sequence <em>Balbuciendo</em> showcasing both the original French and the translated English. The poems are sombre and uncompromising dwelling in permanent crisis drawing inspiration from suffering and loss while yearning for transcendence. Finck through Rudolf's exquisite translations weighs up an answer to Rilke's pertinent question from Letters to a Young Poet: Would you die if you were forbidden to write?</p>