springtime
this is the way that love began
spring opened with your name
with pollen-powdered flowers
and leaves tangled green
in the after-scent of rain
fish flowed as freely
as kisses
all bloomed
luminous and startling
a miracle
of the world so beautiful
it’s spring again
again i count the days
the months
endlessly passing through and through
he loves me
he loves me not
interrogation of petals
this new season came
its resolutions unfulfilled
its ill-loved days
always too long
night falling where it will
slow tumble
killing time with wine
borrowed mirrors
promises blowing backward
words written on the wind
it’s spring again
and you slide through and through
am i a season closer to you?
michele voltaire marcelin
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Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009) - translated into Spanish by Editorial ALBA as "Amores y cosas sin importancia" - all of which garnered rave reviews. Her writings are also featured in 3 anthologies published in France: "Cahier Haiti" (published by RAL'M-2009), "Terre de Femmes" (Editions Bruno Doucey-2011) "Revue Intranqu'îllités" (2012). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a Masters from The New School for Social Research.
Spring. I had forgotten. For these few moments I feel warm and new again. Gracias
She does have such a duality in her work; one of the reasons I love it. Human, powerful and beautifully haunting.
I met my love in the spring, and got caught up in the tide of free flowing fish.
Thank you for such a thought provoking & memory conjuring poem.
Cas