Poetry Celebration of Life: Huguette Bertrand

Huguette Bertrand 

A MATTER OF HOPE

From ages to ages

the light is still burning

in the deepest nights

when the raging storms

try to switch it off

the gentle sun always

keeps the blindness away

when a gleam is still at sight

no more grief in dark old nights

since the blaze of the gentle light

will always ignite hope and peace

from time to time for happy endings

in the good nights

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INVITATION

Come

come close to these words

gentle they won't hurt you

flying above arguments and rumors

together they are called poetry

and could grab your imagination

and play tricks on your mind

letting you feel like a bird

standing on the branch of an old oak

or maybe near a pond

watching frogs croaking

and even like a poet watching the blue sky

while downstairs people are crying

nothing to eat   no shelter

and some picturing the whole agony

since these words are only pleading 

for peace and a good night sleep

come

come closer

the trick is over

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MOON TALK

Since the roots of love

are in the Moon light

why are so many

stepping downward

with so sad feelings

wandering in the void

in search of heart beats

let's start over the whole story

and put words together

lining them on the time being

for a heavenly moon talk

shall we meet again ?

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Bio: Huguette Bertrand is an international French-Canadian poet and editor born and living in Canada. She has published 39 poetry books. Her poems were also published in many international journals and anthologies and translated in multi languages. Besides her publications, she participated to poetry readings, book shows, art exhibitions of her poetry paired with artworks in Camada, France and Norway, gave poetry workshops in Canada and France.

http://www.espacepoetique.com

https://www.facebook.com/huguette.bertrand.9

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Setu, April 2022