La Forme noire

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



C’est le grand silence des nuits
Auquel, seul, le vent s’amalgame.
Pleurant ses amoureux ennuis,
Pas une chouette qui clame !
Rien ! pas même un crapaud n’entame
Ce figement de tous les bruits.
Une forme d’homme ou de femme,
Tout le corps et les traits enfouis
Dans du noir, suit au long des buis
La rivière qui sent le drame.
Ses pas fiévreusement conduits
Disent assez ce qu’elle trame.
Sous les frissons d’ombre et de flamme,
Coulant des cieux épanouis,
Au milieu des joncs éblouis
Une barque est là qui se pâme.
L’inconnu saisit une rame,
Sonde un endroit creux comme un puits,
Se précipite... flac ! — Pauvre âme !
L’eau se refermeplate — et puis
C’est le grand silence des nuits.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AbabbabaababbaabbabaA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 709
Words 124
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21

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