Rose Carpe Diem Poems

I met you there again in the quiet calm 
you appeared remorseful I must admit 
after the infamous terrors you inflicted 
the unpardonable manifested within...

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I was born here
 along the salty waters of the Atlantic
 where wind and rain, ice and snow
 are blown out to the ocean depths.
I...

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Sweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

after William Dunbar

Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest...

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How refreshing to rise again with the sun
alive yet again to a new dawn
Another gift of life; much thanks to the Lord!
A beautiful day awaits...

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First Valentine

The brandishing green of winter grass,
So wielding in its way
As it guiles the hearts of first lovers
To hold hands on a sunny day;
Fantasy of...

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As we walked the warm air broke and swept over me like waves.
I puffed on a sweet cigar 
passing the seafood placed down by the...

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The sun awakens my eyes to a brilliant glow
The morning is precious as the Fall wind blows

I gaze upon the nature before my eyes
The brilliant...

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Leave me alone!
Yep, that's what I said
 as you dragged me out of my bed.
The night is filled with dreams
 and I have no desire...

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Crossing those boundaries of yesterday, step into unknown.
As today is your birthright, burn with fervour; consume and rise.
Repetition is forbidden, etch out your story; time...

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The beauty of the day
  
Crisp cold air glistens in the sunlight
   bright and glowing on the leaves,
   pale saffron...

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The raging party goes on into the night 
Near the market place 
Where the poor search for a fix
In the royal kingdom of religion 

The...

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A blanket of white
Fell in the night
My garden of flowers
Was nowhere in sight
I walked it afoot
I searched with my eyes
All blooms seemed lost
And covered with...

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And therefore you met him in the street
All drenched up, the untimely rain 
Staggered before you and bowed to know
How far have you walked the...

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I know I’ve made a thousand journeys,
withstood the tests of time and foe
shed the dust and shouldered worries
struggled onward against the flow.

Unconforming, seldom bending
straight the...

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I sit on this bench and remember Noah's Ark
God's creatures,walking two by two,in the City Park.
The smiles on their faces are enough to tell they...

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