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Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
...KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), arguably the first great king of England, may have done more to lay the groundwork for English literacy and l......
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Michael Burch
Categories:
amusements,
england, leadership, literature, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Erinna Distaff Translation
...ERINNA Erinna is widely regarded, at least by those who have read her, as second only to Sappho among the ancient Greek female poets. Little is known about her life; Erinna has been called a conte......
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Michael Burch
Categories:
amusements,
child, childhood, death, death
Form:
Free verse
End Game Conclusion
...When you’re dying of terminal sadness, It’s easy to fall for false cures, Distracted by tempting amusements Whose needs seem more pressing than yours. When you’re two moves adjacent to checkmate ......
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Michael Kalavik
Categories:
amusements,
allegory, angst,
Form:
Lyric
Lost Heaven Haiku
... "Lost Heaven Haiku" ...there are many rooms in my house, you could get lost in the eternal amusements the infected monoku stalking the lost heaven haiku (LadyLabyrin......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
amusements,
muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Out My Window
...Through my window, I watch children play. Over harvested fields, they move and run. Unmindful of the bite of stubble under their feet. Eager to spend their holidays in great fun. Some run arou......
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Valsa George
Categories:
amusements,
childhood, children, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
A Motor Park In Nigeria
...Here, the word I drop for Travelers “Hark!” Where offended driver begins to bark: “Why should you there your Stupid Volvo park?” The bared teeth of speaker those of a shark; If he sank them in on......
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Chinedum Ekwobi
Categories:
amusements,
car, corruption, evil, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Abandon
...Absolutely surrendering to the amusements of fate Benign benevolent sentiments within bring bodacious bait Abiding austerely into the ageless absurd fits and starts Never negotiating with nature......
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Christuraj Alex
Categories:
amusements,
psychological,
Form:
Acrostic
The Maypole
...I remember it well. The feeling was swell. It happened once a year; An event most precious and dear. The fragrance was in the air. It was still mid-Spring, but from the sky, There protruded t......
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Curtis Johnson
Categories:
amusements,
childhood, may,
Form:
Verse
Poetique
... "Poetique" poet where goest thou on this trip? you sing your muse in small amusements confectionary conceits took a detour amazed labyrinthine ghost-......
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Lady Labyrinth
Categories:
amusements,
muse,
Form:
Free verse
Three Happy Italians
...Palazzo Strozzi near the Duomo is empty now, The tourists having sought more grand amusements; Perpetual restlessness the most common souvenir They’ll be bringing home from vacation. Giotto’s C......
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Michael Kalavik
Categories:
amusements,
travel,
Form:
Blank verse
Afflicted Afghanistan
...Like nations many, at Central South Asian seam, With its roots in the Paleolithic time stream; Home of cultures, habitats, and martial movements, Lounge of Arab, Muslim, British, Greek amusements.......
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Christuraj Alex
Categories:
amusements,
abuse, betrayal, conflict, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Frankenstein Tea Party
...Monsters of conceit that human beings create, With fantastic forms and shapes and strength decorate; Licensing to love, loath, lust, lie, lure and loiter, Wretched then; dare to kill the very crea......
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Christuraj Alex
Categories:
amusements,
life, political, psychological, social,
Form:
Rhyme
As Summer Evolves
...As summer evolves, With heat and despair, The boy I once knew, Gazes up in the air, He's enamored by freedom, The choices supplied, By three months vacation, And magic implied, Some friends a......
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Suburban Lovechild
Categories:
amusements,
freedom, summer, sun, sunshine,
Form:
Rhyme
The Loyal Figure
...It has been a revolution of revelations Full of whispers It has been a analysis of analytical Full of wonders Wait a minute, wait a minute The plot thickens Who could that be As the sun move......
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Sibusisiwe LETA Ncede
Categories:
amusements,
appreciation, international, leadership, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
The Buccaneer and the Dolphin
...There is an adventure to be written From my perch where I be sitting Two characters my imagination see A relationship story to be told late in the day over tea There is an honest buccaneer ......
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Marc O'Brien
Categories:
amusements,
beach, deep, fish, friend,
Form:
Rhyme
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