William Herebert translations
...“What is he, this lordling, that cometh from the fight?”
by William Herebert, 14th century
translation by Michael R. Burch
Who is he, this lordling, who staggers from the fight,
with blood-red ...
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Categories:
bruges, bird, joy, love, song,
Form: Rhyme
Something To Say
...In an old briefcase
capsuled for years in a corner
of the shed, I found a rolled up wad
of poems, stalled, still looking
for something to say, frozen
in a futile gasp for air.
I should have ...
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Categories:
bruges, poetry, words, write,
Form: Free verse
Clerihew Memling
...Hans Memling a painter from Bruges
known for altar pieces oh so huge
His portraits were not ornamental
rather gentle& sentimental "
*https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Man_(Hans_Meml...
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Categories:
bruges, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Clerihew Van Eyk
...From Bruges was Jan Van Eyk
modified oil to depict the light
He made his name painting the wealthy
which made his own bank account look healthy...
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Categories:
bruges, art, humor,
Form: Clerihew
She's a Chocoholic
...Posh candy - Annie is no Scrooge
Her chocolates are flown in from Bruges
She got wedged in her chair
I believe she’s still there
No wonder, her fanny’s so huge!
Bruges is ve...
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Categories:
bruges, abuse, body, chocolate,
Form: Limerick
In Bruges
...Cameras snap the last actions as tourists flash
Bullets fly by at respective velocities in streets
As dark humor goes out the window in Bruges
Some one falls from the high church tower
Assisted...
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Categories:
bruges, appreciation, celebrity, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
Brugge
...Tourist in Bruges
I was in Bruges, in Flanders, once
Saw beautiful old buildings where the patrician class
The merchants and charlatans lived
Where the poor lived in the past has been erased
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Categories:
bruges, boat,
Form: Blank verse
Karen Butler
...“Our own Festival of Youth Sport reminds
us that the potential to achieving the highest
starts with home grown talent.” It's no jest.
Karen works for the Girl Guides, the finest.
She has spin...
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Categories:
bruges, sports, strength,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Translation of Dante's Hell Canto Xv
...Now we along one of hard rims are brought;
And a thin spray on the brook is fixed,
So shield to rims and water is begot.
As Flemings, Cadsand and Bruges bewixt,
Fearing the high waves pouncing aga...
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Categories:
bruges, fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima
Birthday In Bruges
...At birthday time, I was in Bruges
And what a treat for me,
For it's a place as charming
As a city gets to be.
The streets are paved with cobblestones,
Canal boats drift between;
The churches,...
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Categories:
bruges, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
In Bruges: Red Brick and Windmills
...bridges
The kids, their teacher, sprouts and dandelions
the aquarellist and a wet bicycle.
Sit on the worm bench as bytes on the mainframe
wiped pastel of a bright warmth with shades of red
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Categories:
bruges, allegory, introspection, life, love,
Form: Free verse