Shapcott's imaginative 'versions' of Rilke's French poems are sexy, intriguing and worth lingering on, although by no means an easy read, nor one I'd recomment to someone new to poetry. However for the more experienced reader it is an exhilarating challenge.
Space folds against space,
petal touches petal;
you look at me
as though you want to fall in.
from Rosa Nitida
