poetry
April’s End
April's end Trees were fruit-laden We ate mangoes Our mouths and hands Yellow-syrup stained And…
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prose
Prayer
With you as my touchstone, I do not fear dissolution. And when it will come time to surrender, I wil…
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musings
Portrait of the actress
“A portrait! What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound.”…
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reviews
Solitude
I was fifteen when I was gifted with Solitude. My brother Leslie came home on vacation from Mexico a…
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cinema
Amour and beyond
Amour and beyond? Beyond love is death. “Amour” is lucid, touching, brutally honest and …
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.