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Details Below. *** *** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. *** Title: Dans Le Fondu Des Mots: Poésie Author: Huguette Bertrand Release date: December 1, 2003 [eBook #4740] Most recently updated: April 19, 2023 Language: French *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DANS LE FONDU DES MOTS: POÉSIE *** Huguette Bertrand DANS LE FONDU DES MOTS poésie Éditions En Marge ========================================= Zone de tendresse libertés permises si tant loin du corps une douceur fluide de l'aimante obscure ses paroles translucides répandues sur les noeuds troublants d'une blessure sur velours parfumé en ses songes repose inaltérée désir secoué par tant de baisers allés se rejoindre dans le tourbillon des mots rouges _______________________ Ce carnage dans les mots suspendus sur le temps carnet rieur de tous nos maux accomplissent l'automne d'un présent à l'autre repasse dans la mémoire un vieux cri d'amour brisé s'enchaîne autour des formes courroux d'une chair pulse le sang les sens tendus 10.10.00 _________________________ Sous un ciel écorché la mort ose devenir saison dépouillée se repose de ses soeurs frivoles surannées bouillonne sous l'écorce en ses sens épuisés cette morose ose la mort peu de chose à l'aurore 19.10.00 _____________________ En un clin d'oeil les encres anéantissent la nuit d'un trait tracent des silences rouge sanguin au coeur des pierres au rythme des sens s'animent les formes dans un regard oppressé 24.10.00 _________________________ Vie secrets ascension jusqu'au sommet des sens en plein désir en plein délire se consument dans le feu du poème ses frémissements 25.10.00 _________________________ Assis sur le temps le coeur trempe dans l'attente étale sur le blanc des pensées brumeuses spontanées en mouvement 25.10.00 _________________________ Étoilé l'automne fou en ces douces colères annonce un hiver sombre rage sage son innocence 27.10.00 _________________________ Bel espoir dont les lèvres sont la pulpe de mes désirs 29.10.00 _________________________ Faut-il s'en vouloir d'être là à crier des mots qu'on ne veut plus entendre passant par le noir des incertitudes collées sur le pavé d'un monde à fric à freak dans l'entre-deux langues la nôtre extensible à n'en plus finir de vivre mais toujours en cette langue du poème que nous sommes surprend nos moments fous exaltés en nos âmes harnachées par des silences mous persistants _________________________ Rire rouge devant la lune folle poussière d'espace rôdeuse vieille rôdeuse allègrement se promène sur la voie des songes sous facettes multiples s'éprend des va-nu-coeurs épave flottante frivole sur la noirceur d'une page glisse entre les mots pose son regard unique sur le multiple reconnaît et recrée le monde à chaque instant 31.10.00 _________________________ L'INNÉ DIT Cette ébauche m'a éveillée m'a emmenée par la main jusqu'aux murmures ses vibrations à travers le miroir d'une harmonie lourd trésor à peine délivré se déplie sur le tracé du feu suit le contour du corps au risque de brûlures effleure le gémissement de la vague contorsion du ciel en son ventre glisse sur les eaux trouble du désir emporté en son remous vers aussi loin que les distances qui les séparent 14.11.00 _________________________ Des brins de nostalgies par vagues poudreuses emportent les espoirs vers de lointains lendemains sans lendemain vers des horizons spontanés aussitôt vus puis disparus vers d'interminables saisons que la vie égrène sur un fauteuil sur mesure à la mesure des recommencements sans demi-mesure ni le quart d'heure appréhendé ni l'instant d'après échoué sur le corps des mots en leur plus doux paysage entrevu au large par ce va-et-vient des gestes luxuriants 18.11.00 _________________________ Enfants du Sud Enfants du Nord qui du dehors avez froid quand le dedans s'éprend d'un geste d'une parole unique venue dire je t'aime 03.12.00 _________________________ DE CONFIDENCES EN ÉVIDENCES Séducteur le temps se joue des époques reprend sa marche secoue la soif en un respir redit le tendre refait les gestes posés sur l'affranchie vent doux vent d'âmes souffle sur l'immense grise le temps ses évidences 04.12.00 _________________________ Un soupir moribond trainait sur la place de l'espoir respirait les échos d'un lointain plaisir incrusté dans l'âme de son présent toujours soupirait entre les attentes désordonnées 04.12.00 _________________________ OSER BAS Je pense J'ose Je fais Je dis J'écris emportés par les tempêtes du Nord mes mots se dispersent entre silence et ombre en petits tas de cendres s'affaissent sur l'éphémère quelques braises encore veillent sur la folie des gestes improvisés 05.12.00 _________________________ Un ciel rose m'est tombé dans l'oeil par mon unique fenêtre m'a montré des femmes de silence femmes de pluie marchent dans leur nuit voilées murmurent sans écho abandonnées dans leur regard clos 07.12.00 _________________________ Il pleut des jours glacés sur un amas de mots effarouchés déployés sur l'aujourd'hui que demain rassemblera en un texte long comme l'hier 16.12.00 _________________________ La dureté des pierres me prononce à chaque instant me porte vers les mots danse des mots sur les lignes danse sur ma toile débordent le cadre des tristesses toujours combattues dans l'amplitude du mouvement 17.12.00 _________________________ À l'eau toit, là-haut sous une pluie d'étoiles quand la peur rebelle hurle ses maux défie les couleurs confuses délirante projette sur la toile l'infini d'un mouvement en pointillés que la main trace d'un instant à l'autre en ses durs silences parmi ses jeux de lumières incandescentes éclate marque le temps ce temps d'être là dans l'instant instant des recommencements 17.12.00 _________________________ Les mots immobiles tracent mes silences sur le mouvement des choses tues mots tuant les maux couleur des mots au fil d'instants morts morts des maux mots des morts mortellement mots incarnés dans le mouvement des maux tus 17.12.00 _________________________ Rage de vie rage de mots rage de couleurs répandue douce au coeur de l'événement reprend le geste refait les mots recrée la forme retour au cercle renaît la vie son mouvement ondulé 18.12.00 _________________________ À coeur à corps perdu de l'oeil aux pieds par les deux bouts entre midi et quatorze heures courir pattes blanches derrière un lièvre trébucher sur le rêve des autres noyer ses peines dans l'eau remuante des désirs changer de cap s'asseoir sur une branche surveiller le temps se moucher de temps en temps semer des feux ça et là embrasser quatre chemins puis ensuite s'endormir entre les bras d'une étoile à mourir de rire dans un plume éphémère 23.12.00 _________________________ Au rythme de la mémoire un long poème s'écrit sans fin épelle l'amour en d'intimes enlacements déposés dans l'écrin des jours d'images en musiques de musiques en paroles paroles assidues de connivence avec la terre brute ses arrogances ses manigances à la croisée des regards nus 23.12.00 _________________________ Oui la vie ce long poème agité par le rouge et le noir des saisons reprend la clé s'ouvre la porte cherche la trace du temps recueilli se chuchote en mille mots transperce la peau jusqu'au coeur se faufile à travers pulsations inédites 25.12.00 _________________________ Dans l'obscurité j'avance dans mes pas bleus sans trahir la lumière autour traces d'argile sur les silences en nos chairs s'abreuvent à la source des désirs éclatés en sanglots coulent sur la dure emplissent les murs de mille voix par vagues et chuchotements d'une caresse se conjuguent aux embrassements des lendemains effrayés 25.12.00 _________________________ En ses doux murmures me convie à la table des silences durs silences en son poème dévoilés à la frontière une caresse enserre l'obscur dépose en son centre un regard neuf 25.12.00 _________________________ Avait-il mal à son monde poète qu'il était s'abreuvait à sa source en ses fibres par son sang l'écrivait l'oeil coquin souvent le buvait d'un verre à l'autre à travers ses larmes rieuses écrivit son long poème jusqu'à sa fin 26.12.00 _________________________ Si loin le soleil s'abandonne dans le chaud regard de l'oeil que transpercent les mots les uns derrière les autres sans fin redisent l'amour en pointillés d'ébats en combats par le sang la vie l'écrit le boit le lie au dernier regard ennivré 04.01.01 _________________________ Dans les veines d'un horizon glacé la substance des jours traîne sa longue plainte sur la langueur des solitudes verse le sang rougi au feu des amours sur la page incendiée 04.01.01 _________________________ Ne tirez pas sur le poète il marche dans sa chair glaise entre les regards apaisés et les bouffées de silence que l'amour ému toujours remue jusqu'à l'ivre-mort mort ivre du vivant nonchalant toujours il marche dans sa glaise glaise de vie amour à vie amour à mort 13.01.01 _________________________ Étendu blanc sur un long souffle l'hiver murmure des flocons à n'en plus finir s'attaque à nos endurances apprises par coeur quand déjà s'entend le ruissellement des sèves dans les veines d'avril sous la glace rompue 17.01.01 _________________________ À bout de souffle le dernier mot s'écrase sur les phrases glisse dans les abysses du coeur sans retour givré dans la splendeur d'un instant mort d'amour c'était l'autre histoire une histoire imaginée dans le nu d'un instant une fièvre passagère un passage démentiel vers le haut pavé du ciel un ciel incarné dans un corps bien né gémissante tendresse en corps accord perle douce perle rare d'une autre histoire ses mouvements passagers 20.01.01 _________________________ En l'absence du désert j'ai longé l'avenue des échanges dans une ville étrangère j'accentuai mon pas sur une toile vierge offerte aux reflets du soleil emprisonnés dans la passion de mes gestes spontanés mouvements crépusculaires allés se noyer rebelles dans les fragrances de l'aube emportée dans le remous d'un horizon estompé 29.01.01 _________________________ Désir au pair perdre l'idée l'idée des mots mots m'ont tuée tué le nous encore debout le bout de tout tout à l'envers retour autour d'un tour de taille entaille le verbe verborescence à sens unique nids d'hirondelles ne riront d'elle d'une aile à l'autre sauter des mots sauter des monts montée de vie via l'amour 29.01.01 _________________________ Histoire de parole parole du sens sens en mouvement musique des mots mouvement rythmé cadence du corps d'accords brisés reprend son souffle retour aux sens remet les mots rejoint le sens son mouvement 05.02.01 _________________________ Le temps ne m'aime plus le temps ne m'aime plus que dans l'éphémère des instants dérive d'instants sur l'âme fragmentée dérive les fragments sur les mots beauté mouvante d'une parole au-dessus de l'abyme prison de soie prison de chair assiégée par la vague d'une mer amoureuse son repli 10.02.01 _________________________ Lui parler près du coeur murmurer en son centre ce doux temps cet espace à travers le silence à jamais poétique 16.02.01 _________________________ Affaissée dans ses mots une femme sur un lit de désirs se replie quand l'esprit d'un oiseau de l'épaule s'évade d'une douce emprise des distances d'une parole à demeure en son être exposée au soleil des durées 17.02.01 _________________________ L'AMER ARRIMÉ Charmes de chair de serpent rampant sur ses misères déployées sur le temps d'une nuit mensongère s'est dressée une barrière en mon coeur de métal faisant trève de tout mal que mon âme ne tolère excusez-la excusez-moi ça va oui merci et vous moi non plus s'arrime de vous à moi sans moi la détente s'abandonne la jouissance jouirez-vous non pas du tout tout à vous en mille bisous dans le délire du tout à nous 18.02.01 _________________________ EN TOUT SENS Magnétique elle est sans cesse en mouvement elle bouge beau dans ses heures chaque instant la ramène sur le douillet du tendre son corps roule exalté dans les flammes du coeur trempé dans la gourmandise d'un regard neuf plonge dans le plaisir nu jusqu'au seuil de l'abandon s'accorde aux ondes de qui l'a vue à travers l'absolu de son infinitude 20.02.01 ===================================== © Éditions En Marge et Huguette Bertrand Dépôt légal / mars 2001 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Bibliothèque nationale du Canada ISBN 2-921818-22-1 Tous droits réservés - All rights reserved =========================================================== Ce recueil de poésie est aussi édité sur le site web de la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada dans sa collection électronique à l'adresse suivante : [ http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/300/huguette_bertrand/dans_fondu_mots/01-06/fondumots1.html ] This poetry book is also edited on the National Library of Canada's website in it's electronic collection at the following URL : [ http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/300/huguette_bertrand/dans_fondu_mots/01-06/fondumots1.html ] ************ Ce document fut présenté en lecture gratuite sur le site du 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