Acorn Cup Poems


Thomas Chatterton Translation: Under the Willow Tree

...Song from Aella: Under the Willow Tree, or, Minstrel's Song
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17 or younger
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch

MYNSTRELLES SONGE ("MINSTREL'S SONG")

O! sing...
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Categories: acorn cup, dance, death, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme

An Aquamarine Apple

...A shopping trip on a ghostly road could become quite frightening really. So leave earlier rather than later. And blow a kiss to the frog sitting in that tree over there. Go on. He really likes it and...
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Categories: acorn cup, age,
Form: I do not know?


From Little Acorns

...From Little acorns
One morning the little acorn opened up his eyes,
He looked down and all around in astonishment and surprise.
Ho felt the comforting branches rock back and forth and sway
He rea...
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Categories: acorn cup, funny, nature, day, happy,
Form: Light Verse
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