Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Le voyage des mots


Pour un art poétique
Prenez un mot prenez en deux
faites les cuire comme des oeufs
prenez un petit bout de sens
puis un grand morceau d’innocence
faites chauffer à petit feu
au petit feu de la technique
versez la sauce énigmatique
saupoudrez de quelques étoiles
poivrez et mettez les voiles.
Où voulez-vous donc en venir ?
A écrire vraiment ?
A écrire ?
Raymond Queneau.

Read the poem above. Could you find the words for 'eggs" "cook" "heat" and "sprinkle"?
Write them in the comment box please.

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NB! I made a slight change. I typed the poem here so you don't need to click on a link! I hope you find it easier.


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'A écrire' like Queneau would say.











12 comments:

  1. eggs mean des oeufs, sprinkle is saupoudrez,cuire is cook and a little heat is a petit feu M A 6S

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  2. Vraiment means 'really', mettez means 'to put', feu means 'fire', poivrez means 'to add pepper'.
    I found this poem "out of the ordinary" and not the type of poem you would expect, i like how they have made it almost a recipe.
    HB, 6S

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  3. I agree, this poem is out of the ordinary. What is the main ingredient of this recipe?

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  4. The word for egg is "oeufs", the word for cook is "cuire", the word for heat is "chauffer a petit feu".
    I like the metaphorical use in the poem and the setup as a recipe.
    ED6U

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  5. this poem was strange in a way but unique and fun to read.
    i liked the idea of how it was a recipe.
    eggs means des oeufs
    , cuire is cook,
    little heat is petit feu and sprinkle means soupoudrez.
    other ingredients are
    quelques means some
    voulez-vous means would you like
    etoiles means stars
    prenez means take
    SC 6S

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  6. egg means oeufs
    cook means cuire
    heat means feu
    sprinkle means saupoudrez
    cc 6u

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  7. Well done. You all seemed to like it and you picked the right words. Some of you are ready to write your own recipe. Don't you agree?
    Can anyone tell us what is the main ingredient of this recipe?

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  8. oeufs means eggs
    Cuire means cook
    Petit feu means little heat
    Saupoudrez means spinkle
    This poem is very different to other poems. I think that 'mosgrand morceau d’innocencet' is the biggest part of the recipe.
    SA 6S

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  9. oeufs means eggs
    feu means heat
    saupoudrez means sprinkle
    cuire means cook
    sc 6u

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  10. egg is oeufs,
    cook is cuire,
    sprinkle is saupoudrez,
    heat is chauffer.
    LUA6U

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  11. Do you agree with SA 6S. Is that the main ingredient? What does everyone think?

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  12. the poem was out of the ordanary and is not the type of poem you would expect. It writes about how to write a poem .It is written like a recipe and it helps you to understand french very well
    TR 6s

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