Ian Charles Lepine

The Art of Solitude Ian Charles Lepine

Written at the height of the covid pandemic, The Art of Solitude explores the depths of a poet's sensibility and the relationship between desire and completion. This book presents one hundred sonnets in English and French that confirm Rilke's quote: 'Works of art are of an infinite solitude.'The Art of SolitudeThe Art of Solitude is calm and silent, But like a river running through the gloom, Though shrouded by the dark is ever violent, And yet it feeds the flowers bringing bloom. The Art of Solitude, unlike all others, Produces men instead of works of art; Through poetry the soul one day discoversThe solemn ruins of its ancient heart. The Art of Solitude cannot be shared: There are no accolades, no fame, no prizes; From the Art of Solitude no man is sparedAnd each must bear the anguish that arises. But most of all, this art does never end, For silent to our soul we ever tend.-19 May MMXXPalais Rohan, Stra