Le Témoin: 1914-1916

A sequence of lyrical poems charts a witness's meditation on war, mortality, and spiritual hope, moving through dusk and night scenes, meetings with a weary wanderer, and reflections on love, suffering, and national duty. Images alternate between intimate grief and public exhortation: conversations about fatigue and desire, invectives and calls to arms, portrayals of loss and mourning, and moments of serene idealism. The work blends biblical and classical allusions, seascapes and provincial landscapes, and combines personal elegy with collective testimony to examine courage, faith, and the search for unity amid upheaval.