Description
Rabourdin, Caroline. Dandelion Poem 1. London: Published for the Author, 2010. First Edition. Folded Broadside. Very Good. Folded three times so that when closed the front cover is the title open field poem; each word or phrase of which appears to have been printed on filing cards. Both this poem &, more extensively, her Translations of a Dandelion muse upon the etymological drift of the dandelion’s French & English colloquial names as well as the Charlotte Gainsbourg song & Larousse’s use of Eugene Grasset’s image of a young woman blowing a dandelion clock to depict the dissemination of knowledge (both reproduced here).
Being Alive 
From Jellybeans to Reprobation 
Negative Space 
Pretend You Don't Know Me 
Jinx 
Words the Turtle Taught Me 
The Pleasures of the Damned 
Strong in the Rain