@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.0988, 

TITLE={The history of Earth in free verse: a French translation and discussion of an excerpt from the poem Sacred Sites by Susan Suntree}, 
  
AUTHOR={Victor Monnin, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Art and Science}, 
	
VOLUME={7}, 

NUMBER={Issue 2}, 
	
YEAR={2023}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/The-history-of-Earth-in-free-verse-a-French-translation-and-discussion-of-an}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.0988}, 
	
ISSN={2515-8767}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This article presents a French translation of an excerpt from Sacred Sites. The Secret History of Southern California, a poem by American writer and poet Susan Suntree. This translation is seen as an opportunity to discuss the advantages afforded by the free verse form to not only narrate the history of Earth and life but also cultivate among the public a deeper awareness about time. This article contributes therefore to the literature on the role played by artistic forms and technics in the study of the geological past or deep time. Commenting on the translated excerpt from Sacred Sites, it argues that the free verse form represents a poetic medium suitable to simultaneously give shape to the historicity of Earth and share something of the unique conditions in which this historicity is being studied. The educational and expressive potential of free verse and other poetic forms to share geological knowledge and perspectives should seriously be considered in view of today’s environmental crisis.}}