Sappho Translations XIII
...Sappho Translations XIII by Michael R. Burch
In these translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if they are used i...
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Categories:
ankled, beautiful, beauty, desire, joy,
Form: Free verse
Sappho Translations IV
...Sappho Translations IV by Michael R. Burch
Sappho, fragment 133
translation by Michael R. Burch
Blushing bride, brimful of rose-petaled love,
brightest jewel of the Goddess of Paphos,
come t...
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Categories:
ankled, friend, joy, love, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Hitching Hoochie
...Drinks fridge murmurs accusations at me
Seals connect with whoosh of door close
Defuses incriminating strip of lights lairy
Where I go from this station, God knows!
Lady taking my coins sneers,...
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Categories:
ankled, angel, car, character, journey,
Form: Narrative
Brahms and Liszt
...Happy. Genial. Merry. Jolly
Blottoed, blasted, etched and blitzed
Mellow, foggy, hazy, squiffy
Tipsy. Tiddly. Brahms and Liszt
Dazed, zombied, tanked-up, trollied
Ganted, gubbed, guttered...
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Categories:
ankled, drink,
Form: List
Letter To Omalize
...Omalinze the great, the maker of rain
You are the beauty of the day, a mighty man
Whose muse keep me going in the journey of life.
My humble appreciation to the gods for a man of you kind.
Omalin...
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Categories:
ankled, age, anxiety, art,
Form: Narrative
School's Out
...Trying to recapture the joy of those winter days is difficult. School cancelled: sun shining through the sheer, white, curtains into an all too girlie room, the sound of a tea kettle's whistle, the ...
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Categories:
ankled, kiss, snow,
Form: Haibun