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Title: Strates amoureuses, posie

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Huguette Bertrand




STRATES AMOUREUSES

posie




ditions En Marge

=========================================


EUX FORT RIENT

Dans la prison d'un regard
passionn
le coeur se prononce
dans la mouvance des mots
euphoriques
drive sur les grandes eaux
fascines
par des instants abandonns
dans la voie lacte

hasta luego !


04.07.98

___________________________

BLUFF

Bouillonnant
le sommeil touche  tout
se cramponne aux souvenirs
se cambre se dchane
sur un lit chevel
par des rves bluffeurs
sous les draps
en rafales
heurtent le coeur
engorg

Que viennent les tendres pluies
apaiser la torrfaction de l'me
en son essence
aromatique


20.06.98

___________________________

CONFUSION

Tout confus
le soleil ne sait plus ce qu'il fait
il compte des vies
sur le dos des jeunes filles
les remplit d'aujourd'hui
que demain oubliera
sans chagrin
disparu dans le grain du temps


20.06.98

___________________________

FIN DE CHAPITRE

Dans la braise
l'amour se consume
d'une enfance  l'autre
au dernier chapitre
se rve
se murmure
 bout de souffle
trangl


12.06.98

___________________________

IRONIQUEMENT

toile
la mort enjoleuse
dans ses moments tourdissants
taquine le fol esprit
vou  l'inertie

rions en choeur
mes soeurs
buvons le vin grisant
gris gris
de nos mortelles ferveurs
emprisonnes
dans la vie de l'autre
venue tonner
les instants
que nul chagrin
ne peut altrer

 l'heure des dissidences s'ajoutent
quelques caresses errantes
sur vos matins dvtus


09.06.98

___________________________

TITRE OUBLI

Je songe au titre d'un pome
quand il nous somme
d'y voir dans la suie
des tres
des les
 plat-ventre sur la terre chaude
ennivre par les dparts
continus


09.06.98

___________________________

ROUTINE DANS LES BOTTINES

Des aiguilles
dans les bottes mignonnes du prsent
force la routine
du jamais vu
 biffer sur des formulaires inutiles
se retrouvent dans le foin
parmi des bisous sympathiques
aux adresses mentionnes
au bas de la page

dure la vie et ses chimres
mastiques par des cerveaux
dlirants


08.06.98

___________________________

 MME LA VIE LE POME

C'est dans le vif du pome
que se rpand la vie
sous toutes ses coutures
vient dire
je craque de toutes parts
je m'clate sur des mystres
qui retiennent mon souffle
perdu de lumire
 travers le sombre des dsirs
spontans


07.05.98

___________________________

HEURES SOUMISES

Quand le pome s'enlise
dans les sables mouvants
d'une contre douloureuse
un rve violac se dessine
dsordonn
agenouill
dpli par la tendresse
au sein des heures soumises

Il est tard
J'ai faim
Suis pas triste
Suis pas gaie
Juste l
teinte rouge
dans le couchant du soleil


02.05.98

___________________________

PRESSOIR

Voyage fantastique
d'une me compresse
par tous les passs
inscrits dans une seule mmoire
mmoire des sens
accourue vers le langoureux
l'indit
une cavale de sentiments
de jouissances
compils dans une petite valise
noire
laisse au seuil d'un impossible repos
du coeur press  froid
noble substance bue
dans la vastitude des oublis


25.04.98

___________________________

SECRTEMENT

Y a des secrets qui m'crvent
se parlent tout haut
se crient tout bas
devant soleil et lune
venus chanter l'amour
rp dans le calice d'une fleur
ce lys candide
et vierge
toujours debout sur la rive
 regarder passer les rves
emports sur la rivire
d'une peine vivace
ennoblie


19.04.98

___________________________

FUYANCE

 l'aube
le gris enserre toujours
nos heures lointaines
devant un soleil rouge
et bohme
reparti invoquer
au coeur de la pierre
d'autres matins gris

laissons passer les nuits mouilles
quand les soirs se tordent de rire
ne restera qu'un pome
un sourire oubli dans un cri


09.04.98

___________________________

MILLE GESTES

Chausss de soleil
les vents doux nous promnent
sur des flottements de mots inachevs
dlaisss par un hiver
que des gestes ont abandonns
dans un jardin frileux
prt  clore en mille feux
sur l'me esseule


avril 98

___________________________

BROUILLARD

Je suis le soir
tu es le matin
soir d'un destin
qu'un matin dsapprouve
quand se cherchent nos ressemblances
 travers les sentiers brumeux
des accomplissements
toujours renouvels


09.04.98

___________________________

JACHRE

Combien de temps
faudra t-il encore
pour taire ces orages d'images
toujours emportes
en vers
face contre terre
s'imagine des mondes moduls
 la frquence des ailleurs en jachre
s'imagine des plages
de couleurs
de lumire
o se reposer un peu
o reprendre le souffle
quand l'me suffoque
d'infinis

Combien de temps
la dure
Combien de temps
la vie


07.04.98

___________________________

PRISE REPRISE

Rendez-moi l'amiti
que j'aille crever sur les dunes du rve
 mon tour que j'aille planter des fleurs
dans un jardin parfum de roses
ternelles
un jardin sur une plante naine
plante de tendresses odorantes
charge du poids des amours confines
Retenez-moi des sombres envoles
joueuses de tours
joueuses tout court
que le temps vient ronger
au coeur d'un instant en quilibre

Pour une dernire fois
avant de m'en aller
j'aimerais connatre encore
le sort rserv  la navet
avant de rejoindre
ce fantme de mon existence
encolore
endolorie


31.03.98

___________________________

EN QUELQUES MOTS

Il se mijote des mots
dans le mou de l'histoire
se cherchent
s'empilent
se rejoignent  la mme adresse
font une pause
au coin de l'oeil d'un enfant
reprennent le chemin
qui traverse le couloir musical
de l'intime
 la rencontre d'un regard
toujours attendu
jamais entrevu
inspirent des curiosits
 l'me intrpide
fte ininterrompue d'un espoir
conserv
dans le formol du temps


18.03.98

___________________________

ENFILADE

J'ai la tte pleine
le coeur dborde
de pomes en quilibre
sur la pointe des pieds
font des pas de deux
avant d'aller se coucher
sur ma page
me rvent dmesure
me rvent en queue de chemise
en noir et blanc
s'amusent dans mon jardin
enfils sur mes heures
s'talent de long en large
sur des montagnes d'images
endimanches
sur ma route s'enroulent
autour d'un pur hasard
se balancent
au bout d'un nez
trs rapproch
le mien


17.03.98

___________________________

TERMINUS

J'ai des intentions
d'crire ton nom
en lettres de feu
sur mes paysages intrieurs
de jeter tes regards
par la fentre
de mon imaginaire
de noyer le spectre
de ton absence
dfinitive
J'ai des intentions
de porter la tendresse
jusqu'au berceau de l'innocence
de boire le vin
dans une coupe cisele
par la parole donne
de recueillir la rose des silences
qui me regardent dormir
J'ai des intentions
de me laisser glisser sur les heures
jusqu'en bas de la pente
d'escalader mes sommeils
jusqu'aux plus hauts espoirs
 toute allure
de foncer dans l'azur
d'un ciel excessif
de mesurer la distance
entre l'ivresse
et le dsarroi

Terminus
je descends


13.03.98

___________________________

JAUNE URGENCE

Cline de blues...
que j'coute
faut que j'te jouse...
que j'coute encore
une teinte de jaune
pour changer
le mal de place
pour te vivre
dans le non vivre
pour envoyer ma p'tite personne
dans les bras de la lune
qui est toujours l
 me regarder le nombril
seule elle aussi
se meurt de rire
de mes clines de blues...
de ma tte  claques
et ses voyages
dans les pomes
absolus

quand on rit
bien... on pleure pas
voil le secret
du secret bien gard
dans une petite neurone
du cerveau dlinquant


10.03.98

Rf : Cline de blues (Jerry Boulet)

___________________________

O SUIS-JE ?

J'ai pass une bonne journe
et trois mercis
mais ce soir j'ai drap
j'me reconnais plus
j'suis plus d'antan
j'grimpe trs haut
je glisse tout bas
j'ai l'me en trou d'beigne
qui baigne pas dans l'huile
une compote
comme une marotte
d'un mal de vivre
qui se ramasse
 la cuillre
venue brasser
les intempries
du coeur  coeur
bousill

servez-moi un caf
un caf trs noir
plus noir que noir
infiniment noir
dans une belle petite tasse
blanche


10.03.98

___________________________

L'INCONTOURNABLE

L'histoire au fminin
vient rparer l'erreur des sens
o le langage de l'oeil
accomplit les gestes amoureux
subtile essence
sur nos corps
incruste
protge de l'incontournable froidure
au fil des instants muets
 la poursuite de nos origines
toujours


09.03.98

___________________________

GLAIVE SUR LES LVRES

L'amour
tel un glaive
vous tranche l'me en deux
vous aspire
vers les abysses du dsespoir
toujours combattu
toujours contre les jours
contre les murs
contre soi
malgr soi
toujours ces jours
mur  mur
 chercher le soleil
quelque part
fuir les jours
fuir les murs
taire en soi la voix
taire en soi une moiti d'me
disparue


05.03.98

___________________________

AUX PORTES DU TEMPS

Dans le coulis des heures
rpandues sur la vaste vie  vivre
un dpart imminent
se souvient
souvient
sou...
vient
que les fleurs rvent
d'un soleil parfum
toujours plus dlirant
entre les durs espaces du temps
temps des roses
sur l'me qui dfie le temps
temps de tous les instants qui durent
qui perdurent
temps morts
de celle qui marche
sur le fil du temps
dlivre


05.03.98

___________________________

INTRO

Tout au fond de la btise
les yeux de mon me
fixent le gchis de l'histoire
d'un espace potique
sa blessure
que l'espoir abandonne
vagissante
sur un buisson ardent
condamn  vivre
dans les mots
parfums de tendresse
toujours


28.02.98

___________________________

BLUES ALLURE

Ce soir mourra
comme tous les autres soirs
me laissera vivante
 dormir dans mes drles de rves
et demain sera un autre jour
que je porterai en moi
pour m'habituer  l'humanit
pour m'habituer  regarder bien en face
cette dentelle sur l'me
aux allures de frissons
que l'on nomme
joies et peines
non taxables
service compris


25.02.98

___________________________

MARE ROUGE

S'en est alle
l'me devenue muette
sous les cendres d'un
regard essentiel
s'en est alle
errer dans les eaux rleuses
d'un amour mendiant
s'en est alle
jeter l'ancre
dans la mare rouge
d'une mort amoureuse
infiniment gele


25.02.98

___________________________

LIT ET RATURE

Envelopp de chairs abmes
l'amour devenu rose
par une fentre
accomplit encore des ardeurs
sous les doigts agiles du vieil ge
prlude  toutes les tentations
que le corps propose
chaude haleine vautre
dans la profondeur du lit
consacr
ternel


23.01.98

___________________________

UN JOUR L'AMOUR

Droit devant
 travers le blizzard
les jours auscultent un ciel dment
quand les nuits dsesprent
en attente d'un soleil pourpre
fera briller l'or des chanes
attaches au corps de l'amour
au got du jour
le coeur dans l'eau
les bras en croix
belle blessure mortelle
ravive par des regards plongeants
prolongs
 bout de souffle


14.01.98

___________________________

NU LE MONDE

Passionn
le soleil clate de rire
sur nos surfaces aseptises

surface ronde du ventre des femmes
engrosses de mles de femelles
paisibles toujours endolories

surface plane indiffrente
qu'un battement d'elle suffit
 pourchasser jusqu'aux confins
des ges abrutis

surface d'ombre transfigure
quand le soleil frmit
devant un monde nu sans ge
devenu passionn


13 .01.98

___________________________

TRIANGLE

Elle est noire
je suis blanche
nous sommes jaunes
humaines triangulaires
relies  nos espaces
pareillement intimes

Nous sommes diffrences
et pourtant si humanit
dans un espace aussi restreint
entre les mers agites
entre le vent la pluie
les pleurs pareillement pleurs

Dedans nos veines
le sang pareillement sang
pousse des cris
arrachs aux chaines
dedans nos cris
le sang murmure
je t'aime


01.01.98

___________________________

STRATES

En nos mes dbonnaires
les amours ne s'oublient
s'empilent stratifies
toujours en appel
ressuscitent de nos tripes
immanquablement


01.01.98

___________________________

PARCOURS

Venir revenir
d'enlacement
en enlacement
sous les dsirs immaculs
que l'oeil lentement dshabille
de ses douceurs
en attente du mouvement des mots
abreuvs au chaud nectar
d'une encre amoureuse

31.12.97

___________________________

MARES

Une manire de rejoindre
l'extrme de l'tre
provoque des mots d'me
que le corps sait traduire
en ondes caressantes
baume sur la douleur de l'instant
qui se rappelle au fminin
blesse en ses contours
que viennent rejoindre
des clats de tendresse
propags sur le corps mendiant
venu vibrer sous des mares
qu'engendrent la jouissance
des chairs exasprantes
exaspres


31.12.97

___________________________

ONDES

Beau ciel de mer  contempler
 l'aube des caresses
sur l'me accomplissent tout l'univers
d'un seul regard

natre dans l'ternit des heures
 travers les ondes en attente
qui ne savent mesurer en distance
ce que le coeur attend


29.12.97

___________________________

INSTANTS RIEURS

Le corps en son dsir
palpe l'me dans l'insens des heures
que baignent ces appels au large
embrasss d'instants rieurs

voluptueuse plante
s'arrime aux mains embrases
venues soulever l'abandon
venues pntrer l'urgence
par la beaut des sens
de toutes les tendresses runies


23.12.97

___________________________

POHME BOHME

treinte
la douleur tale sur l'me
pleure une chimre
un amour illusoire tu dans l'oeuf
par tous les soleils de minuit
chous sur le rivage
demeurs l mus

enveloppe de dsirs apaisants
et bohmes
l'me sommeille dans un souffle
dans les replis de l'tre
cruellement morcel


20.12.97



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