Cicero Poems - Poems about Cicero

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS Catullus LXXXV: 'Odi et Amo' loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 1. I hate. I love. You ask, 'Why not refrain?' I wish I could explain. I can't, but feel the pain. 2. I hate. I love. Why? Heavens above! I wish I could explain. I can't, but feel the pain. 3. I hate. I love. How can that be, turtledove? I wish I could explain. I can't, but feel...

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Habitually, feeling an itch to write, I’m introspective: sitting at the table over a blank sheet, cherishing my blight and rust, I think: “What if I'll not be able to write a single stanza anymore? What if to chuck it all, to travel, omnia mea mecum porto*… What is all this for: the doubts, the all-nighters, the insomnia? What if…" Oh,...

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"50 Words for Poe: Cicero" On reflection she should have used Capone’s colt .38 which had been offered ... at a price, but the knife did the trick just the same She used it more than twice Straight through the Heart of our anti-hero in Room 101 Hotel Cicero Weapon of Choice: 6 inch Italian Stiletto Instead of Alcatraz she found herself haunting Asylum 666 doin’ ghost time...

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the reasoning the fishing in the trenches beyond tire swings and monkey wrenches follies crawl behind the hanging logos of unseen filth across 124th street tassels dangled above an oasis of fine dining and soiled linen over the board rooms covered in a mesh of purple mustard beckoning ancient aura solid creed coming throughout hidden rivalry...

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Ho ho ho, he he he, break that lute across my knee, and if the bard should choose to fight, why then I'll set his clothes alight! when I next meet that fair maid Nelly, I'll plunge my knife into her belly and if I spy a singing bird, I'll snap its neck before it's heard madness is...

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"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." Cicero , 55 BC controversy...

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Cicero!The life and death of a wise man.The sage of our time.An epitome of truth and unparalleled hypertonic wisdom.A paradigm of a purist;a saintlike mortal.We remember you today and always.Adieu! Cicero!Oh!Cruel death,wicked pangs of death!You were cut down before your prime ripe age by your enemies;envious of your progress and achievements pretending to be oblivious of...

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