Attention:
This book is written in French and should only be read by people understanding
the French language.
Jean-Pierre
Mulot is a very precise poet, lean and articulate as he writes about politics,
basic human needs and the objects of everyday life in his French book titled, POÈMES -
RÉFLEXIONS EXISTENTIELLES. In it he writes with a high
sensitivity to the human conditions of life, however with a sense of abruptness. Jean-Pierre Mulot maintains a revealing warmth
and intimacy in his writing. The
reader is invited into his universe, as Jean-Pierre Mulot assumes the role of a tour guide of his thoughts. His
writing is full of allegories, traveling back and forth in time. As the reader is brought into Jean-Pierre Mulot’s
time and space, there becomes a sense of indestructible hope in many of his
poems; despite his comic absurdity of life at times. He stresses the difficulty of survival and
continuation of existence while simultaneously suffering the sensation of
loss.
Jean-Pierre
Mulot’s poems are short stories of slices of life, many of which have their own
inherent lessons. His poems, in many instances, are terse reflections,
discourses and lessons on human qualities such as regret, love for a woman,
remembrances and brotherhood. He
writes, a dedication about the socially poor, the left-over’s of
society; those scarified into the lower classes of our society.
There
is a natural and easy flow from the reading of one poem to the next, thus
underlining the fact that you have entered the intimate and suggestive world of
the poet. Simultaneously symbolic
characters such as the army general, the lover, the beggar, and others intrude
into the text to bring poetic interaction and reveal a multitude of emotions very distinct and cleverly translated into verses. This is a world where past
experiences, nature, sensations, characters, human conditions and the excesses
of political power are all articulated within a soft, powerful, varied and
enchanting imageries.
After
reading this book, I read it again. It is the type of book that
commands your time and compels you to absorb the underlying reason of logic
within the meanings and the interpretations of Jean-Pierre Mulot
impressions. All in all it
is a beautiful collection of poems to read, albeit written in French. It has a variety of subject matter, all beautifully
embellished with interesting mental images, commanding a delicate style of
writing with his unique choice of words and revealing an underlying theme of
hope. Although semantic
translation from the original French text to other languages will unfortunately
cause many thoughts to be inadvertently altered, I would encourage POÈMES - RÉFLEXIONS EXISTENTIELLES to be
translated into English, as well as possibly other languages to broaden its
reading audience.
