umbrella of light

   umbrella of light   
au vert triangle
of the White Lady.

The balcony path
snack of the day
waddles the song of the birds.

Whisper of water
whirling dervish
drunkenness of scents.

Standing
immobile
the torrent scrapes the skull.

The mountain in ubac
raises its sail
before the rising waters.

The day dawns
the grass bends
caress of freshness.


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to the call horns

   To the call horns   
pebbles thrown against the brazen gates
the mountain freezes the word.

Equidistant from embrasures
measure thrust and size strikes
without the shadow coming.

There's blood on your clothes
tightened laces
will make a forced march.

Raise the moon
at the claws
marine amber.

Your steps follow the edge of the path
small pebbles unscrew
the thoughts protrude from the haversack.

Bite your brakes
be the brimborion of the ebbing traps
be tall in the downpour.

Abjure and come to me
Callunum of the raw prairies
Offering to seize.


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Ephemeral layer

 Escalator   
 window weights   
 the out of time is reflected   
 tremors.   

 Ephemeral layer     
 joined thoughts   
 orthogonal order   
 unfurled fragrances   
 list the steps   
 access to the antiphon   
 shouted by the angels   
 strapped refuge    
 crevices of oblivion   
 the chains scrape the ground   
 ad hominem excesses.

 A song   
 and then nothing   
 just the sweat   
 oxen at work. 

  
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friend of the abyssal streams

   Friend of the Abyssal Streams   
leapfrog
of life in the heart
do you want to become
a voice among voices
you who are much more than you
you who are metamorphosis
in the reticular pulp
that the hand crushes
to become tomorrow.

Let's cross the ford
full and loose
let's become blood and sense
blood horse
from the wave to the ocean
in the grip of desires
that the wind makes acts
rootlets of a vernacular painting
meeting at the touch of the day
that the seeker abjures and rebukes
from father to son
girl of the times
be faithfully ardent
on the formant of memory.


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( painting by Frederique Lemarchand )

edge of words

 edge of words   
 at the underground gates   
 weary scents   
 que le vent porte   
 sage renaissance   
 childhood sounds   
 darling presence   
 cherries in spring   
 that the dent croque   
 mittens in pockets   
 of our future   
 under the shade of the plane trees    
 on the cathedral square   
 the bite of the cold   
 atteignant le tréfonds de l'âme   
 gracefully   
 among the grasses   
 a breath on your hand   
 in descent of the sun   
 as in passing. 

  
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voice from between the pebbles

   Voice from between the pebbles   
taken early
a pinch of honey
on the breath of the May wind.

Big woman
thin-legged
posed as an asymptote
against the heart in unison.

Single presentiment
short straws
gathered on the sly
in the hollow of the weary waves.

guitar arpeggios
accompanied by a suspicion
emblazoned colors
the pavilion of meetings.

Abundant
purpurines lips
from my friend from the woods
raise their voices from among the voices.

All sails out
towards the quivering
of a spring
buoyed by the breeze.


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Jean and Francois

   If elsewhere   
and intimate
at fingertips
come and die
The country that resembles you
under the consumed spasm
Jean
my friend of the Spirit
my cross
my cry.

On the ground
in the dust
the star reflects
the mysterious song
on the run
across the worlds.

François
my friend of the hoodlums
my way
my deliverance.


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Together it can be

 Silence of plants~   
 on the white blue sidelines of a train   
 that the wind blows.   
              *
 Stuck on a hill   
 the domino of houses   
 ~ devil bugs.   
              *
 Pass the black bird   
 in the scent of the clouds   
 ~ portico at the top.   
              *
 The magpie's nest   
 in reserve rectangular   
 ~ source of spite.   
              *
 Bras serpentiforme ~   
 snap spring tears   
 out of words.   
              *
 Scaled hands   
 on the span of the balcony   
 ~ the day unfolds.   
              *
 My soul rules   
 dig life and tell me   
 ~ calm and gentle typing.   
              *
 pass left right   
 morning cars   
 ~ boarding for Kythera.   
              *
 On the green coast   
 a yellow truck climbing   
 ~ sudden clamor.   
              *
 Stripping of the tiled roof   
 ~ file the one from elsewhere   
 the short straw.   
              *
 Zinc at the base   
 dirty brick fireplace   
 ~ scheduling.   
              *
 From notebook to book   
 the rubber dries and drifts   
 ~ cold assembly.   
              *
 The refusal of the other   
 is self-hatred   
 ~ together it may be.   


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