It was Robert Frost who said that “poetry is what gets lost in translation”. As someone who has a particular interest in the poetry of other languages, I have often found the accuracy of this pronouncement irritating.

Pierre Gabriel fut un poète discret. Il ne fréquenta pas les cénacles, se rendit rarement à Paris, mais, fidèle à un esprit artisanal, publia des années durant une revue de poésie qu'il imprimait sur sa presse à bras : Haut Pays.

About Neil Leadbeater.  The writings inspired by real or imaginary travels into exotic places have a long and fine tradition in the English literature.