Chastely Poems - Poems about Chastely

The Faithful Student by: Majed Dodeen

...The Faithful Student by: Majed Dodeen 

Life is but a trail of shattered dreams....  
Woven from memories...  
Its silence speaks,  
Its threads are thoughts...  

Paintings sketched in memory...

Beowulf translation by Michael R Burch

...Beowulf Excerpts
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 8th-10th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

LO, praise the prowess of the Spear-Danes
whose clan-than...

An Alliterative Pursuit Of A Lover

...An Alliterative Pursuit Of A Lover

I will firstly frankly forwardly forthrightly fastidiously befriend you.
Then I will completely correctly courteously candidly chastely court you.
Then whences...

Bilocation

...

Bilocation is a term that pecks at my mind's tree
Seeking to make a hole and create a nest of fables
Laying eggs of verity and hatching belief

Whether a person can be at two place...

Jerelene

...JERLENE
Acrostic

Jerlene, lovely  and  beautiful young lady
Your tantalizing eyes enthralls a lonesome heart
Your smile captivates a feeble heart
Allures and fascinates a lonely life.

Every...

Poems About Poets V

...Poems about Poets V



Edna St. Vincent Millay Has Her Way with a Vassar Professor
by Michael R. Burch

After a night of hard drinking and spreading her legs,
Millay hits the dorm, where the ...

State of the Art Ii

...State of the Art (II)

These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry. 



What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch

What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer 
~~~...

Poems About Poems Ii

...Poems about Poems (II)

Kin
by Michael R. Burch

for Richard Moore

1.
Shrill gulls,
how like my thoughts
you, struggling, rise
to distant bliss?
the weightless blue of skies
that are no...

Shame On You

...shame on you

I was about eighteen when meeting the girl of my life,
she lived in the outer town and both her parents had office work
which back then was regarded as a posh position.
We met ofte...

Shame On You

...shame on you

I was about eighteen when meeting the girl of my life,
she lived in the outer town and both her parents had office work
which back then was regarded as a posh position.
We met ofte...

Millay Has Her Way With a Vassar Professor

...Millay Has Her Way with a Vassar Professor
by Michael R. Burch
 
After a night of hard drinking and spreading her legs,
Millay hits the dorm, where the Vassar don begs:
“Please act more chastely...

Fresh Lake

...Fresh lake
drifts chastely
to mirror waves
of our time’s buoyant rides…
and grief



Writing Challenge 1, May 2019 – Cinqku
For Dear Heart’s Contest   5/7/2019...

And We'Re Gay

...We run, we jump, we cry, we laugh, 
     We sit, we stand, we're weak, we're tough,
     We're fat or slim, we swag and sway...
     We love like you love, and we're gay.

In morning li...

Ballroom Delights

...The orchestra was loud when I walked in,
Performing a whimsical waltz by Strauss.
I picked a group of friends and settled-in,
And perused the fineries of the house.
The chandeliers were unevenly ...

El Amante

...My melancholy turns to gold dust
in your soft and tender hands
upon your fingers I scatter my life
my love remains clasped in your hands
now I am a vial of cologne, emptied...

I yearn to see y...

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