Martial Translation COQ AU VIN
...Martial Translations
Coq au vin (Cook or wine)
by Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
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Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are you merely an éclair to ...
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Categories:
befouling, addiction, drink, food, house,
Form: Epigram
Be Yourself
...Life is to live, live it yourself
Don’t ruin the chance, being someone
Choose your path, chase your dreams
live up to them till you die
No two are same nor their choices
Never hesitate to ac...
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Categories:
befouling, community, discrimination, gender, identity,
Form: Free verse
We Must Haste
...We must haste
They are so happy, the parents, grandmother’s uncle and aunts showing on Facebook the addition
to the family.
Do they not for a minute think what the child´s future will be?
The...
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Categories:
befouling, angst,
Form: Blank verse
Halloween Poems Iii
...No One
by Michael R. Burch
No One hears the bells tonight;
they tell him something isn’t right.
But No One is not one to rush;
he lies in grasses greenly lush
as far away a startled thrush
f...
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Categories:
befouling, angel, dark, eve, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Free Verse Iii
...Salve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
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Categories:
befouling, body, desire, kiss, love,
Form: Free verse
Martial Translations
...Martial epigram translations
Epitaph for the Child Erotion
by Marcus Valerius Martial
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Lie lightly on her, grass and dew...
So little weig...
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Categories:
befouling, child, daughter, death, funeral,
Form: Epigram
-an Ode To Jesus From Simon of Cyrene- 1
...(Part One) The first few hours.
I was just a ordinary man
caught up in the unruly throng,
The mob jeering and ranting
insults on the road along,
I pushed and shoved my way
through all the furore
to s...
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Categories:
befouling, devotion, passion, religion, body,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The End of the World
...In this world we seek wealth and that better life
Finding lies, debt, plague and fear, in this forest of strife
Spirit weak, hopeless, afraid to answer when any query is raised
behind apathy and ...
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Categories:
befouling, philosophy, satire, world,
Form: Free verse
Question Without Fear
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You silence the noise, from your electric clock
turn on the lights, shower and your coffee pot
Do you feel blame for what you have done
Since, the clock signaled, your day had begun
Hu...
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Categories:
befouling, education, natural disasters, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
The Third Gender
...The crazy befouling animalistic urges
Life beyond character
Carton of sulphuric acid
A calm third gender walks out
A person called Chex
Female, Male and Chex
Chex are vemonous
A creature or (p...
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Categories:
befouling, science fictiongender,
Form: I do not know?
Bell's Blues
...Staring, vapor locked, at my Hammond B-3 console organ, which dominates my
kitchen. Surely a symbol of my madness. I can't help, but think, if the keys were
the days of my life, and the black o...
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Categories:
befouling, adventure, death, family, friendship,
Form: Prose Poetry