Liberté – Paul Éluard
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“Ecrire liberté sur le bord d'une plage, c'est déjà avoir la liberté de l'écrire. Même si la mer efface ce mot : la liberté demeure.” — Jean-Michel Wyl
"To write freedom on the shore of a beach is already to have the freedom to write it. Even if the sea erases the word, freedom remains."
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Le Poème de la semaine
Paul Éluard – Liberté
A legendary poem, born in the shadows of WWII, published in 1942 and dropped by plane across occupied France. With its hypnotic repetition, it reclaims the everyday, transforming ordinary words and places into sacred ground for liberty.
Each stanza ends like a mantra:
"J’écris ton nom…"
"I write your name…"
Liberté.
Éluard’s words became resistance, hope, and an anthem.
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