Rondel Poems - Poems about Rondel

...But I’ll refrain, she said to me. I have my doubts, will wait and see. She’s broken silence in the past; her gossiping is unsurpassed, the queen of gab in royal reign, but I’ll refrain. See, ......Read the rest...

...I tried a mono rhyme, but ended up with mumps; I tried a nursery rhyme, but mother goose got bumps. Just when you cinqku got it, you choka big one down. Your ode is not so epic; that rondel wo......Read the rest...

..."The sounds of Earth is the music of my soul." Upon the horizon, playful dawn cracked Dressed in her iridescent rose ball gown An upturned smile, never a downcast frown As soft wi......Read the rest...

...Like the faint ray of sun on an autumn day, Thou alluring Josephus, bring all my warmth. Trestles on trees crunch while the birds play; And all the stars sparkle as if it was the fourth. ......Read the rest...

...Step into my silence, hear my tune drop your music into my soul carry parts of me not my whole absorbed Self would fail to your core attune. To your magic spell I’m not immune as with your son......Read the rest...

...A stellar sight delights the eyes when comes the night from passing day and ends sun’s starring matinée with drama of the darkened skies. The world assumes nocturnal guise as songbirds hush th......Read the rest...

...Without your love, I’ll be forever lost in a world of hurt and pain. Without your love, what will I gain? I’ll flow in life like a sad river. Why can't we be again together? Why can't we happi......Read the rest...

...Rondels, Roundels and Rondeaux These are poetic forms similar to villanelles, with refrains (repeated lines) and sometimes double refrains. Rondel: Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty") by ......Read the rest...

...A Rondel for Donald Trump When those Fake News polls keep coming 'round And their predictions drag you down, Just face the music like a Man And deny it all, the best you can As you try to hide......Read the rest...

...Charles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel Spring by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Young lovers, greeting the spring fling themselves dow......Read the rest...

...Escape roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer translation by Michael R. Burch Since I’m escaped from Love and yet still fat, I never plan to be in his prison lean; Since I am free, I count it not a bean.......Read the rest...

...Rejection a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Your beauty from your heart has so erased Pity, that it's useless to complain; For Pride now holds ......Read the rest...

...Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty") by Geoffrey Chaucer loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Your eyes slay me suddenly; their beauty I cannot sustain, they wound me so, throu......Read the rest...

...Medieval Poems How Long the Night anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer las......Read the rest...

...Oft in My Thought by Charles D'Orleans translation by Michael R. Burch So often in my busy mind I sought, Around the advent of the fledgling year, For something pretty that I really ought To ......Read the rest...