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This article discusses the poetic language of James Fenton, in particular in the light of the impact of his experience as a journalist in Southeast Asia in the 1970s. It presents the « skin-voice », a notion derived from psychiatrist Didier Anzieu’s concept, le Moi-peau, and ends with a discussion of my translations of a selection of Fenton’s poetry, which can be found–along with a critical study and a translator’s postface–in Côté guerre coté jardin: excursions dans la poésie de James Fenton, Aix-en-Provence, Presses Universitaires de Provence, 2016.