Maxime Coton

/Belgium, 1986
Maxime Coton

Maxime Coton (1986, Belgium) is a writer and director living and working in Brussels. For his films and books, he has won several awards in Belgium and France. In his artistic work, he tries to find balance between poetic and political topics. He has published four poetry books: La biographie de Morgane Eldä in 2004, Le geste ordinaire in 2011, Où votre oeil s'efface in 2013 and L'imparfait des langues in 2014, as well as a collection of short stories Resplendir in 2014.

Poems


Did I need to learn to write before I could read your palms? / A-t-il fallu que j’apprenne à écrire pour lire dans tes paumes ?


In the world of images / Dans le monde des images


I try not to think of Marx / J'essaie de ne pas penser à Marx


I go to find you / Je marche à ta rencontre


Slow is the time I take to reach you / Lent est le temps qui m'amène à toi


Not let the idea grow inside me / Ne pas laisser en moi germer l’idée


Dare the idea that / Oser la pensée que


Sometimes the lie is waiting for us / Parfois le mensonge nous guette


I am simply trying to explain / Simplement je tente de dire


Tags on the walls that hide you / Tagger sur les murs qui te cachent


Work / Travaille


You always told me / Tu m’as toujours dit


A cry / Un cri


A word is more than an image / Un mot est plus qu’une image


A tongue held back cannot stay silent / Une langue en suspens ne peut se taire