Montaigne Poems - Poems about Montaigne

... (Michel de Montaigne, French essayist, 1533-1592) Once a day I sit discharging my humanity, staring dumbly at the floor or browsing magazines. Montaigne would have thought it an act as......Read the rest...

...These people, they’re not worth much, They think they are more liquid than water, They shine before those who envy them, They wear beautiful expensive watches, These people think they’re better t......Read the rest...

...How do I To breathe? To see the shooting stars? To eat the pineapple On my pizza? How do I To write to mom, To sleep In Chicago? To drive a Ferrari? How do I To love Montaigne? How a......Read the rest...

...Poets, do not be discouraged, neither young nor old, Uncertain verses can pierce stone, or iron, Just believe those you love you, endure the headwinds, To think that at the end of the sea there is......Read the rest...

...I have seen men carved from stone rising above the Black Hills, I’ve seen ancient trees born back when Ceaser still worked his will, felt a thundering water pound down, and from four Great Lakes......Read the rest...

...a quote from Montaigne: (1533-1592): "Si on me presse dire pourquoi je l'amais, je sens que cela ne se peut s'exprimer, qu'en repondant: 'Parce que c'etait lui; parce que c'etait moi." (translati......Read the rest...

...Actions please us deeper than just words- though teasers talk up promises so made with words that sound like songs of pretty birds; the music's sweet, but sours when pledges fade. Words flow sm......Read the rest...