Best Roundel Poems

Before the beginning of time when Chaos ruled Hell and Night
Into the depths of this Cosmos, a Paradise, perfectly placed.
Above this darkness, a heaven drawn forth in a burst of light
Before the beginning of time

From the Garden of Eden, henceforth, Adam and Eve were disgraced
Lo!...

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THE DOLL

With Mona Lisa wiles, unfurled.
Her porcelain lips with tight grip.
A button dress antique and pearled.
Her glass eyed threat.

Unnerving doll — she’s quite a trip.
A poignant face, pompadour curls.
Her long stem rose replaces whip?

Alien smile out of this world —
impenetrable craftsmanship.
I broke in pieces as...

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Sagely silent woman half smiles
Man blathers on and on and on
Abject grief traveled many miles
Death has come to their precious son


Solemn church has six empty aisles
This brave soldier has long been gone
Sagely silent woman half smiles
Man blathers on and on and on


Dressed up child looks...

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"Every secret memory, every experience in life, and every 
thought can be written within the words of a poem."

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In a vampish way, the moon erupts from the sea 
pirouetting across white cap and trough valley
through an impassioned performance of love set free
	in a vampish way.

A persistent tease, she sets her mind to dally
with Eros’ desirous heart as her victory, 
only to break it...

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Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.

Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain green;
for your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain.

By...

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Down where magnolia blossoms white

Summer breezes touch wind chime's scales

Lovers sleep soundly in the night


                     Time flies, ships sail   

On a downhill slide...

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I love all the changes the seasons bring
crisp autumn leaves or winter’s icy freeze
and in the summer sun I’ll be basking
Mother nature’s gifts

I can hear the dawn chorus sweetly sing
spiders spin threads like a shiny trapeze
and tiny fledgling chicks take to the wing

I adore the...

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Grandma, what's a constellation of shapes?
It's the stars your looking at tonight.
See how they're shining bright,
Twinkling, and blinking across the black crape.
You'll need to read Greek and Roman mythology
They're full of legends who had escapades which 
Were cloak and dagger kind of scrapes
That put Lupus...

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"When you walk across the fields with your mind pure and
holy, then from all the stones, and all growing things, and
all animals, the sparks of their soul come out and cling to you,
and then they are purified and become a holy fire in you....

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I sat upon a stair
and saw a little man;
he smiled, but oozed despair.

A sad and lonely guy.

I didn't like to stare.
I waited for my gran,
and hugged my teddy bear.

He said it wasn't fair;
it didn't go to plan...
and then he wasn't there...

A sad and lonely guy....

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So soft the fall in silent flight
 As snowflake dance to winter's song
 Like butterflies with wings of white
 A dance of beauty

 As winter fades spring comes along
 And blooms with colors to delight
  Petals wrapped in a bright sarong 

 In summer...

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In the evening looking out my back door
The magic begins
Can you feel the adrenaline?
Spider woman is weaving dream catchers to lore.
Fairies are dancing like their ancestors did before.
The elves are sweetly playing their mandolins.
In the evening looking out my back door
The magic begins
It's not on...

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Conifer, fruit tree's arms once did flow
laden with hued blossom, now gesture
to weight of lace ornamental snow.

Wintertide touch mystique blithe spirit.

Discordant weighty clouds draw down low
before night expire in dank vesture.
Chimney above winter render blow.

Piquant smoke distends languidly slow.
Bracing fire in manor of Esture.
Winter's breath...

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My sweet fairy dream, blossoms of my glee,
In your embrace unfold desires of night
When donning bold smile you answer my plea
My sweet fairy dream

Oh! how you paint splendorous day so bright
On blue morning skies for romance to spree
Where parable of sweethearts passions write

Blazing with glory...

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