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Virgil Translation: Descent into the Underworld

...Aeneid Book 6: The Descent into the Underworld
by Virgil
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

The Sibyl began to speak to Aeneas:

“God-blooded Trojan, son of Anchises,
descen...

Whither the Fates Carry

...Whither the Fates Carry

Anchors aweigh in 1609, Anno Domini!
A convoy of ships laden with cargo set sail
And departed Plymouth harbour to cross the Atlantic
For Jamestown, Virginia, in t...

And Rome Vainly Waited For His Return

...On sunny days walk beneath the aesthetic pine trees
that gently undulate in the tepid Roman breeze,
their image is reflected in the Tiberius' flowing water;
majestic is the Colosseum, the mighty p...

Unleash

..."Bring forth the witch! Bind her to the stake!
It has been my wish, to trample evil for God's sake."
Teztelian verbalism, another veiled devil's play,
Actors in cassocks, in God's name harvesting ...

Blue Headroom Dynamite

...Like ‘Nevermore’ sketched into water by Salvador Dali
Quickly running a message up a high mast in Mali
Or Michaelangelo his genius wild, cutting a lady less forlorn
With a savior already finished ...

As We Imagine Gods, Venus and Mars

...As We Once Imagined The Gods, Venus And Mars

    Universe eternally unending
    expanding space infinity sending,
    vast emptiness, separating its stars
    as we imagine gods, Venus* and Ma...

Old 'White' Men, Part Ii

......Poe brought us detectives on the page,
and creepy tales that defy age,
Melville’s whale, in fine fashion,
taught us the danger of obsession.
Twain brought humor and jumping frogs,
dialect, hu...

Epic Pursuits

...Back in the mists of time
Were stories sung 
Where minds in thrall by minstrels 
Were held
With tales revealing 
Viscerality and viciousness
The currency of glory and shame.

Who does not mar...

Robot-Assisted Surgery

...Appointment to have organ removed by robot-assisted surgeon.
Air-conditioned, no mosquitoes in the OR. When you arrive
You'll remove all your clothes. Naked before the ladies, nurses
Who have seen...

Canto Xxvi Hell Translation Part2

...After the flame had come here for news
When to my duke right seemed time and too place,
In such a way I heard him to diffuse:

“You two who are in the same fire space,
If with you in my life had...

Dante's Hell, Fourth Canto, Second Part

...Continuation from previous poem

We reached the footer of a castle steep,
Seven times by walls encircled very tall,
Defended by a river hard to leap.

We overpassed it as hard ground at all;
T...

Divine Comedy, Second Canto

...The day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there

Just ready to withstand the war at best
Both of the journey and of the torment,
...

Brutus Iulius Trois Page 08

...Brutus Iulius Trois page 08 

Suddenly stillness all sounds silenced  the last pirate slain.
From the bowels of the Tireme came cheers that grew louder
From men newly freed from their enslavement...

Brutus Iulius Trois Page 05

...Brutus Iulius Trois Page 05

Loud laughed Pandrasus  Hear the mice roar 
yet stubborn Pandrasus swiftly gave chase
over the high mountain, through the deep forest
so easily he fell to the trap B...

Brutus Iulius Trois Page 03

...Brutus Iulius Trois Page 03

Grey eyed Brutus was  truly a Trojan son 
as he attended his father upon a great hunt
Jealous Juno hated this Brutus this Trois 
her anger caused his arrow to slay 
...

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