Forest ecosystems occupy a large part in the poetry and prose of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo. The circulation of sap, the rustling of foliage and the interplay of resonances represent so many different environmental dyna mics that embark his writing on paths other than those of cultural rooting and identity claiming. Such an ecopoetic reading of Rabearivelo’s work invi tes us to comprehend / grasp Madagascar as an environment connected to the rest of the world.