Mots De Terre / Voices of the Earth: Haiti - Tapa blanda

te voir partir te voir ensevelir les tresses qui restent des palmiers porteurs d'étoiles ces derniers jours qui se soustraient au désespoir frileux sous le soleil qui se dégonfle to see you disappearto see you bury the tousled headsof the palms that once gazed into the starsin these last days that shrinkfrom the shivering despairthat huddles under a waning sun

Born in Haiti, Bathelemy Bolivar is a teacher, poet and essayist living in Winnipeg, where he has been based since 2002. He was awarded the Prix litteraire Rue-Deschambault for his first volume of poetry, Manguiers tetus (Editions du Ble, 2005). In 2007, he published a second collection of poems, Rebondir (Editions d'Art Le Sabord). He is currently enrolled in a PhD program in math and science education at the University of Manitoba. All proceeds of sales from this book, the theme of which is the earthquake of January 12, 2010, will be allocated to an ambitious distance education project to support reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Enseignant, poete et essayiste, ne en Haiti, Bathelemy Bolivar vit a Winnipeg, Canada depuis 2002. Il a publie Manguiers tetus (Editions du Ble, 2005) pour lequel il a recu le Prix litteraire Rue-Deschambault 2007 et Rebondir (Editions d'Art Le Sabord, 2007). Il poursuit actuellement un doctorat en didactique des sciences et des mathematiques a l'Universite du Manitoba. Les profits recueillis, de la vente de ce recueil de poesie traitant entierement le tremblement de terre du 12 janvier 2010, seront alloues a un vaste projet d'education a distance pour soutenir les initiatives de reconstruction d'Haiti."