Miche`le Bernard occupies a major place in the realm of Francophone song for several decades. This place is due to her exceptional qualities as a songwriter and composer but also to the close relationship she has always maintained with poetry. On this record, Louise Michel, Jacques Re´da, and Sabine Sicaud are the subject of sustained attention, but the voices of Rene´-Guy Cadou, Francis Jammes, Germain Nouveau, Blaise Cendrars, Robert Desnos, Jules Supervielle, Abdellatif Laa^bi, and Georges Brassens also resonate!