Poetry. Translated from the French by Ann Cefola. With Hence This Cradle, Helene Sanguinetti blends the fairytale world of childhood with the sensual world of the adult in a sequence of poetic fragments that fuse the innocent and the intimate in a single lyric voice. Helene Sanguinetti is the author of three books of poetry: Alparegho, Pareil-a-rien, D'ici, de ce berceau, and De la main gauche, exploratrice. Her work has appeared in a several anthologies, most recently in 49 Poetes and L'Annee poetique 2005. Recently she collaborated with Anna Baranek on an artist's book, O III. HENCE THIS CRADLE, Ann Cefola's translation of D'ici, de ce berceau, is Sanguinetti's first book to appear in English. She lives in Provence.