Next Amicale's events
President: Denis HUBER
Co-President: Stanislas FROSSARD
Vice-President: TSETSEKOU Eleni
Treasurer: Catherine GUERRERO
Executive Secretary: Renée MORITZ
Elected Members: Alla HEITZ, Bridget O'LOUGHLIN, Marie-Rose PREVOST, SIMOND Szilvia.
The activity report and financial report of the Association for 2018 was presented at the Annual General Staff Meeting on 5 April 2019.
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On this Monday, March 21, the 10th day of the "Spring of Poets", we share one of the favorite poems of a member of the Amicale, Heike Foos.
IM VIERTEN KRIGSJAHR
Wenn auch der Abend kalt und traurig ist
Und Regen rauscht,
Ich singe doch mein Lied in dieser Frist,
Weiß nicht, wer lauscht.
Wenn auch die Welt in Krieg und Angst erstickt,
An manchem Ort
Brennt heimlich doch, ob niemand sie erblickt,
Die Liebe fort.
Hermann Hesse.
On this Sunday, March 20, the eighth day of the "Springtime of the Poets", we share "Springtime in Wartime" by American poet Sara Teasdale, who denounces the incongruity of the resumption of killing during the earth's season of growth and rebirth.
SPRING IN WAR-TIME
I feel the spring far off, far off,
The faint, far scent of bud and leaf—
Oh, how can spring take heart to come
To a world in grief,
Deep grief?
The sun turns north, the days grow long,
Later ... Read more »
On this Saturday 19 March, the 8th day of the "Printemps des Poètes", we share one of our colleague Nadia Katrib's favourite poems.
THE LETTER
By the light of a candle
I write these few words to you
These few words to say that here
We're going to the front soon
But don't worry about me
I've got the health just from boredom
Courage, trust, pray for me
We'll soon be reunited
I'm writing from the trench
I don't have a minute to myself
So ... Read more »
