A Flutist and a Poetess
Poems in English and French
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
This bilingual collection of poetry tells the magical encounter of a Russian flutist and a French poetess, brought together across time and literature. In A Flutist and a Poetess Nathalie Gaillot explores the beauty and the ache of love--its tenderness, and its heartbreaks. Written in both English and French, weaving music and literature throughout the verses, these poems explore the essence of love, faith, fate, and emotional vulnerability. This book will carry readers on a journey for the heart and soul, and an intimate reflection on what it means to love.
Endorsements (4)
“Nathalie Gaillot’s work skillfully integrates classical poetry with the complexities of modern love. Starting with the first poem, a beautiful mirror effect emerges: while the poetess declares her love for the flutist, Gaillot herself proclaims her love for language and literature. Evocative of Verlaine, Woolf, and many others, Gaillot’s poems make for an ethereal yet deeply grounded universe. Each poem shall be savored like a sophisticated dish—Gaillot is the lyrical chef poetry lovers have been waiting for.”
“This collection genuinely moved me. Each poem tells of the emotional journey of discovering a profound connection. The author’s vulnerability comes through powerfully in her writing, resulting in a thoughtful body of work that reveals both the beauty and ache of love and lingers long after reading.”
“Multilingual poet Nathalie Gaillot takes us with her on a lyrical journey through the seasons of a great love and its afterlife, with imagery drawn from the streets of New York and Paris, baroque theater and medieval tales, from the mysterious wildness of rivers and skies to the no less mysterious banality of the airport departure lounge. These thirty-five short poems are presented here in both French and English, in translations by the author, which beckon the willing reader towards an additional journey—every bit as captivating—into the world of languages and their histories.”
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