Man thinking about Woman
some thing is lost in me- like the way you lose old thoughts that somehow seemed unlost at the right time. i’ve not known it or you many days; we met as friends with an absence of strangeness. it was the month that my lines got longer & my metaphors softer. it was the week […]
bèl lanmou
lanmou-w libere kò mwen lang ou deklete bouch mwen m’ta fè tout sa m’pat janm fè m’ta di tout sa’m pat ka di pawòl lamarye pawòl bouzen kafe pawòl jekwazandye ak jekireve ou fè’m di sa moun bliye lè lanmou pèdi pawòl lanmou-w libere kò mwen lang ou deklete bouch mwen m’ta di tout sa […]
intérieurs
je suis cette ouverte demeure où plongent passant les passants on m’y voit l’autre et l’un versants et mes secrets et mes rumeurs mais qu’y peut-on lire sinon ce qui m’habite et me tourmente ce qui me trouble et que je chante écrit partout partout ton nom il n’est à voir que ton visage entendre […]
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.