On the occasion of Poetry Month, The duty, with the complicity of the Bureau des affaires poétiques, gives a poem to read each week. Fifth of five.
Beginner
We will forget
It’s certain
only after the rain
we are
whole
only after love
we are not
blind
we will forget
we will start again
I do not want anything
who does not multiply me
Profane
Forgive me
if
I dream upside down
I don’t know
which way to go
to approach me
true
the truth
becomes wrong
the fake
becomes true
it moves all the time
do you know
meaning
of the world ?
The author
Born in Montreal, Lorrie Jean-Louis published her first book of poetry in 2020, The Hundred Colors Woman (Mémoire d’encrier), which won the 2021 Booksellers’ Prize. She studied library science and literature. She has since devoted herself to writing.
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