POÈME + LIEU

New HavenBus Stop

Le portrait d’un coin de rue où se croisent l’attente, la pauvreté, le temps qu’il fait et l’architecture gothique aux abords de Yale.

LECTURE PAR L’AUTEUR

Écouter le poème.

Lu par A.F. King dans la version anglaise originale.

New Haven Bus StopA.F. King · Lecture en anglais

GEOGRAPHY OF THE POEM

Find the corner.

The book notes place the stop on or near Yale’s campus, probably on Chapel Street. The map begins there without pretending the precise stop has already been proven.

CARTE INTERACTIVEChapel Street near Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

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VUE DE LA RUE

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STREETSCAPE

A corner changes around the waiting.

A historic/current comparison can help recover the setting that produced the poem.

Historic view of the likely New Haven bus-stop area. — 01
**Then**
Historic streetscape or archival view of the likely location.

Current view of the likely New Haven bus-stop area. — 02
**Now**
Current view of the street corner or bus stop.

YALE ARCHITECTURE

Gargoyles of another class and form.

Photographs of Yale’s Collegiate Gothic buildings and carved details can echo the poem’s architectural language without illustrating it too literally.

Gothic architecture at Yale University. — 01
**Gothic facade**
A broad architectural view from Yale’s campus.

A second view of Yale's Gothic architecture. — 02
**Stone and shadow**
Another view emphasizing the campus’s Gothic forms.

A gargoyle or carved Gothic detail at Yale University. — 03
**The gargoyle**
A close architectural detail corresponding to the poem’s imagery.

DISCUSSION DES LECTEURS

What do you notice at the edge of a place?

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