Francis Combes' books of poetry include La Fabrique du bonheur, Cause commune and La Clef du monde est dans l'entree a gauche. He has also published two novels and, with his wife Patricia Latour, Conversation avec Henri Lefebvre. He is a founder of the radical publishing cooperative, Le Temps des Cerises, and was for many years responsible for putting poems on the Paris Metro.

Alan Dent is a poet, translator, critic and editor of the radical cultural journal Mistress Quickly's Bed. His translations include When the Metro is Free, Poets and the Algerian War and Common Cause, all published by Smokestack.

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Other poems on the web by Francis Combes:
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