Maximilien+Marton

=Poetry By: = Maximilien Marton

=Favorite Poetry Quotes =

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.  -Dennis Gabor

 Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.  -G.K. Chesterton

=Poems =

**Things Were so Simple Then**

 As the waves pour  Dripping happiness into our souls  We laugh  We smile  We live  We play

 Things were so simple then <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> We never fought our fiery battles <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">that withheld heat tenfolds of the sun <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">then <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> The only pain I felt was the grit of sand and broken seashells <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">under our feet

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Broken are our shells now <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Bombs and bullets are spent <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> There are no battles to be won, <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> There never were in the first place

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> We are cold <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Cold to each other and to ourselves <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> We need the warmth of the sun <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Ignite our souls and love again

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> If only we could go back to then <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> When we soaked up happiness in the sun

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">But that was before <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> As the waves poured <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">and drenched us in joy...

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">now they only drown us in sorrow and regret.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Ode to a Slightly Eccentric Lampshade
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Standing tall behind the armchair <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Is a lampshade oozing savoir faire <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> I cannot begin to describe <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> It's beauty is a vibe

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Dancing polka dots dance their dancing <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> On a black canvas strewn with fraying <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Like popcorn in a burnt kettle prancing

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">popping to a different tune <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Sing song we cannot hear <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Silently sounding so solemnly clear

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> But do not fear <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> It isn't a beat you will enjoy <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Only the polka dots grow in joy <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> On the black canvas <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Of this eccentric lampshade <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Standing tall behind the armchair

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Oozing considerable amounts of savoir faire.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Little Intricacies
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">(Riff Poem)

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Wind blows <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Fire burns <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Earth shakes <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Water cools

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">It is interesting <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">We are all so different some how <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Fire burns Earth <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Earth covers water <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">and water puts out the fire

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And Wind <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Wind carries love on its wings <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">because even though like clockwork <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">everyone is ready to put down everybody <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">everybody can also love everybody

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">All is full of love <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Love is full of all <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">symmetric are <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">love and hate <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">it is the only constant in their relationship <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">besides change

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Beautiful and unbiased <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">change <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">because in chaos, <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">the only constant is change

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">but since you can always count on change to occur, <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">then maybe it is not as unpredictable as it may seem <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">to you <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">or to me

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I Was Raised By Whoever Wanted to Raise Me
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I was raised by whoever wanted to raise me <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Mother <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Father <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I was raised in tandem <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">good <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">bad <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">That line was so thin depending <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">on who I listened to at the time <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">"Did your father get you to school on time?" <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">"Did your mother pay for that cave trip?" <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">"It's ok for you to tell me,"

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">"It's my right to know."

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why don't you ask him? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why don't you ask her? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Both of you choke me on either sides of my soul <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Why can't you seem to see <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I am your child <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">not your messenger

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">II

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">I was raised the voices in my head <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Telling me no <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Telling me yes <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Back and forth like locomotion

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">you're an ugly mess <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">you're a beautiful disaster

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You're not worth anyones time <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">You're worth everyones love

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cut yourself, spill your life on top of your regret <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Thrive, plant your life and watch its flower blossom on top of you brilliance

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">sob over your mistakes <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">celebrate them with renewed energy

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">DIE! <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">LIVE!

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">These voices, <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">They have sewn the pieces of my life together <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">dressing my soul in my body <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">killing me <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">believing in me

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Raising me.



===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Fruition Always Comes with Regret ** === <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Sonnet)

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sitting on the seat of the playground swing <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gingerly sweeping my feet on the ground <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I contemplate others who are swinging <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Their dreams hang by minds that have become frowned

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">With anticipation of fruition <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">thoughts struggle to breathe their reality <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">They scrape at the skull with such ambition <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">to give birth to false actuality

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">For they will toil the earth as shadows <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">These thoughts shall silently yearn to live full <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">At last they will see the dim afterglows <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">That this reality is too dull

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It is too dull for their abstract essence <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">on this swing they will die from the absence <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Of my mind

=<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Poet to study: Arthur Rimbaud = <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The life of Jean-Nicolas-Arthur Rimbaud was brief, lasting thirty-seven years, and his life as a poet was even briefer, ending with the completion of his compilation, A Season in Hell in 1873, only a little over three years after his migration into Paris in 1870. Yet, in this brief career as a poet, he managed to compose enough poetry to fill books and managed to write with such power and vision that he changed the French poetry movement, and created an influence that is still being observed in French literature today. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Although he had a depressing outlook on life, his style is so rich in vocabulary and metaphors that it almost makes his poetry seem light at first. His poetry is very controlled, with one or two stanzas bursting with descriptions, and the rest are very low-toned. Although parts of his poems are muted, they are also rich in metaphors, just they are not explosive and colorful in vocabulary. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">