Bull

Blanche Bendahan

1948

The trains watch us dreaming

in these charming meadows.

—For we don’t love eating

so much as some fellows!—

Gorging suits humans,

they crave sauce and meat.

Me, I love to chew on

grass, so green and sweet.

Men chew on things, too,

like rivalry and riot;

for me such bitter brew’s

an unhealthy diet.

On top of that, I don’t know why

you’ll hear…

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Blanche Bendahan

1903–1975

A poet and novelist, Blanche Bendahan was born in Oran, Algeria, to a family of Spanish descent. She was raised and educated in France and published her first anthology of poems, La voile sur l’eau in 1926. Her highly-regarded novel Mazaltob (1930) portrays a woman struggling with traditional Moroccan family values in the face of modern French influences.

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