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Callimachus English Translations II
...Callimachus English translations For Gail White To the Cup-Bearer by Callimachus translation by Michael R. Burch Decant the wine then toast "To Diokles!" Nor does the beautiful boy Achelou......

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Categories: bewailed, beautiful, boy, death, flower,
Form: Free verse
'On a Betrothed Girl' by Erinna translation
...These are modern English translations of epigrams and poems by the ancient Greek poet Erinna... On a Betrothed Girl by Erinna loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I sing of Ba......

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Categories: bewailed, art, death, girl, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse



Night People
...Paper machinations steam blase A lineage of a story gives blurry eyed account Velvet accorance the seats are tweed Whilst those bewailed on newspaper lined bench's steal sleep Tramps in g......

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Categories: bewailed, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shall We Go On
...Jesus...He waits patiently, because He Loves us! Amen. Shall we go on? ...came…His…tender inquiry She didn’t answer...intent on remaining in the shadowed dregs of her brokenness And......

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Categories: bewailed, faith, inspirational, religious, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Athenian Epitaphs Ii
...Athenian Epitaphs II These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ... Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night: his owne......

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Categories: bewailed, animal, best friend, death
Form: Epitaph



Smoking Cigarettes and Sipping Coffee
...Many-colored and candle-lights; high beyond the soft trees a fresh country leans heavily toward the night, far beyond the sea’s shady shore. Beams, o’er wide fields like a white star, \till from t......

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Categories: bewailed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
What Can We Do
...A feathered clutch once bewailed – What can a sparrow do in a sky full of raptors? The red-necked puckers’ won’t arrive until blood smells like copper pennies. She was only one winter old, cr......

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Categories: bewailed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member She Saved Her Best For Last
...She'd been raised to despise them, and despise them she did The Orthodox, be they modern or old-fashioned, and the Chassidim She'd grown up loathing their Sabbath and their dietary restrictions ......

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Categories: bewailed, conflict, miracle, mother son,
Form: Narrative
What Else Can I Say
...I don't have complaints with you, I've got what was in my fate; A loving heart you broke in two, you did what you appreciate. I poured out my feelings to you, we’d an exchange of heart; Despi......

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Categories: bewailed, heartbreak,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member A Food Label Lament
...A Food Label Lament Every day there's folk who expound on what we should eat, and I've found they all promote a point of view of what they think is good for you. ......

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Categories: bewailed, food, happiness, health,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Greek Mythology:Orion
...Orion was the son of Neptune (EA). A handsome giant and a mighty hunter. Orion loved Merope, the daughter of Denopion, King of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts,......

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Categories: bewailed, creation, mythology, planet, universe,
Form: Narrative
Memoir of An African-American Man, Achievement, Ii
...Achievement, 2 of 2 —Time to share— I cried and bewailed while staring at mother’s peaceful yet painful face in the casket she is laying. I cursed the world and swore ......

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Categories: bewailed, black african american, giving,
Form: Epic
It Is Time To Rise
...Africa, can rise. But that is only if we are ready to fight. And to end our plight, Our weakness should come to light. But Africans think is normal? That our children under five should be dying......

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Categories: bewailed, africa,
Form: Rhyme
Never Trust a Nut
...Carried high above the trees the nut slipped from the moral grip of a bird’s beak. whooish if fell clunck- pop it hit and landed between to two ancient bricks the little nut prayed a little n......

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Categories: bewailed, children, trust, wisdom,
Form: ABC
The Slime Rises
...Here in the brook a frightful sight I saw, A frightful sight for sure! Lo and behold! What an eerie beast of awe, And knew I then 'tis most obscure. How this tale would unfold I tell it true, ......

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Categories: bewailed, dark, death, horror,
Form: Rhyme

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