Olivier Bourdelier (1966- )

for my father

wood and meadow
was your books

also on the dresser
the big dictionary

to name exactly
each thing

that mattered you
you well upright
on your two legs

heartily in communion
the church sundays

writing

to denude oneself
of any past
for writng
without luggage

and let the poem
escape from my mouth
only free
of its wings