Collection Poésie au présent, ISSN 2825-418X. Editor: Philippe Bouret. Philippe Bouret is a psychoanalyst in Brive-la-Gaillarde and the author of some twenty books (essays and poetry). He is a member of the SGDL (Société des Gens de Lettres – French Society of Authors). He is particularly interested in the links between psychoanalysis and art. His work in the Freudian field has led him to study courtly poetry in pre-Islamic and Arab-Andalusian cultures in light of the teachings of Jacques Lacan, the work of Sigmund Freud, and the teachings of Jacques-Alain Miller. He has studied Arabic language and calligraphy. For many years, drawing on his experience of encounters with artists, he has articulated what he calls "expanding psychoanalysis," defining for him the position of the psychoanalyst in 21st-century society as follows: "Artists take existence seriously. They explore the disquiet, the enigma, and sometimes the joy of the creative process, allowing themselves to be surprised by the words, colors, and sounds that impose themselves upon them, and making use of misunderstanding as a mark of the speaking being." "For the psychoanalyst who approaches the artist, the one-on-one encounter awakens and expands desire. It guides engagement and sometimes reveals hidden gems. This is called knowledge. It is a matter of the survival of the use of living, embodied language; it is a matter of freedom." » Read more (here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6j6KKQCYvwxheai8z5FVsA
Editor's note
The "Poetry in the Present" collection was directed by Hubert Le Boisselier from 2021 to the end of 2023.
We thank him for the excellence of his work and for his wise choices, and we thank Philippe Bouret, who has been taking up the challenge since January 2024.
Leave that pile of dishes for later, the ones that wake you up every morning with the clanging of metal, the shattering of dreams in the stainless steel sink. >> Order
In this book, you will find an echo of your own feelings and experiences, a few notes of lightness, a hint of poetic references, and a great deal of authenticity and innocence. This collection is structured like an initiatory journey, at once personal, philosophical, and universal. Through different types of poetic narratives (free verse, fixed forms, dream narratives, automatic writing), the author reveals an essential part of his inner self, which led him to question his life. Most of these poems, like the photographic self-portraits that punctuate them, speak of love and despair. Means of survival as much as of self-expression, they have allowed for a metamorphosis of their author. A total ordeal, long and necessary for hope and rebirth. Let the words carry you to the heart of your emotions. >> Order
