Josette Marinelli: Printemps, Pour Antigone, Été - Pierre et Mousse Boulanger

Josette MARINELLI: Printemps – Pour Antigone – Été: Matin – Viennent la chaleur et le temps de souffrir – Sang – Milieu du jour – Après-midi – Nuit.

Poèmes de Josette MARINELLI, told by Pierre & Mousse Boulanger
Musique: José de Azpiazu, Guitar.

Spring, followed by For Antigone — Josette Marinelli

A rare and precious poetry, between nature and myth

Two voices, one breath: the beauty of the world and human tragedy.
In Spring, followed by For Antigone, Swiss poet Josette Marinelli weaves a sensitive and powerful language, where the gentleness of the new season engages in dialogue with the timeless rebellion of Antigone.

Printed in Geneva in 1970 by Éditions de La Tour-Maîtresse, this collection is more than a book: it is a work of art. Published in only 190 copies — 75 of which include an original engraving signed by Georges Borgeaud — the volume embodies an exceptional moment in Francophone poetic publishing.

“You came without a cry, without a promise —
only this slow sap at the heart of the trees.”

Marinelli’s verses are clear and taut, infused with poetic tension between silence and assertion. Spring sings of nature’s fragile rebirth. For Antigone, in counterpoint, summons the tragic and radiant figure of a heroine who says no, in the name of what is just.