R.I.P. Jane Birkin (1946-2023)

With her willow shape, dishevelled hair

Antonioni saw Jane's flair,

Her minor role as nude was seen

In “Blow Up”* on the Sixties screen…

 

Skip, hop and jump then move to France

With her accented French, new chance

A star encounter on the set

Of “Slogan”**; she and Serge connect!

 

“Je t’aime … moi, non plus” soon shocks

Censored - sell-outs in the shops!

Tumultuous - her life makes news:

Three loves, three daughters, France’s Muse!

 

England holds her for short while

A bit part in “Death on the Nile”***

But France had long become her home;

Macron’s “Adieu” has Gallic tone …

(c) Poet in the woods 2023

*  1967

**  1969

*** 1978

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg