Dalliance Poems - Poems about Dalliance

Geoffrey Chaucer translations 1 by Michael R Burch

These are modern English translations of love poems by Geoffrey Chaucer. These are poems of love, longing, passion and desire.

To Rosemounde: A Ballade
by Geoffrey Chaucer
translation by Michael R. Burch

Madame, you’re a shrine to loveliness
And as world-encircling as trade’s duties.
For your eyes shine like glorious crystals
And your round cheeks like rubies.
Therefore you’re so merry and so

Dangerous Dalliance

A strange woman
can turn you into
a deranged human

Lust not after her
She'll leave you to
just rot, heavy cost incur

Eye-grabbing, she will lure
Don't fall into her trap
Soul-stabbing she is, stay pure

With false vows, she entices
Be not seduced by her beauty
She'll waltz, carouse, all wayward vices

Stay away from her streets
Her house directs to death
Play, then prey - that's

Dangerous Dalliance -

Dangerous dalliance, life threatening thrill
A menacing fun, a somber skill 
One that makes the beating blast 
A fleeting fame that will never last 

A ride in raging rolling coaster 
A gem devoid of lasting luster 
It's like an ice in white-hot weather 
That leaves nothing, even a feather 

For, after all the showing stun 
Glory

Dangerous Dalliance

Perilous is the journey, sordid is the quest, flashing flirtatious desire,
Treacherous is gaudy aspiration, playing with torrid flames of fire;
No matter how thrilling, how visceral may feel this insidious chase,
Neither it is a road to endearment, nor is it a destination of grace.

Provocative is charming croon, simulating sound of love’s acclaim,
Exhilarating is ephemeral attraction, missives

Dangerous Dalliance

Enchantment of fire is so beautiful to hunt, 
seductive,  intoxicating, wild, and untamed...
an entranced moth, in tawny fragile wings
fluttering in frenzy,  yearning for warmth 
embraces the irresistible flickering sparks. 
their mirth in sync, a dangerous dalliance.
fuzzy deception  in the lure of its blaze 
the moth knows not its short life span.
Please stay

Dangerous Dalliance

Nights of passion with no strings attached
 Ignited by booze and a lusty zest,
 Bodies gyrating, so tightly pressed,
 Wanton desire, emotions detached

 Regrets come with hangovers that can't be patched
 The night was a blur, yet he felt stressed,
 Nights of passion with no strings attached
 Ignited by booze and a lusty zest

 A

Dangerous Dalliance

Yesterday the world engaged askance
And as you held my hand
As surely as the firmament of Earth
The hardening of your gaze
Assured my spirit of your recant

It is in the world we know it as time itself
here shadows bend within visions far beyond hope
Mountainous, like regions where eternals dwell
The pillage of my heart takes hold

With things to

Dangerous Dalliance

Our love forbidden, hidden, went awry.
A dangerous dalliance we did try.
With whispered words, we took the chance,
To steal a moment's forbidden romance.

But, danger lurked in every glance,
At first the dare enthralled the dance.
But, the scared glances took their toll,
Denying our love the depth of an attentive soul.

The flames of furtive passion, soon grew cold,
Leaving our

Dangerous Dalliance

Written: September 26, 2023
Pick-A-Title, Vol 39 Poetry Contest            Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh 

 “However authentic the feelings of love, the dalliance was only ever meant to be a beautiful fiction” - Esther Perel.
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Dot dabbles during dangerous dalliance 
As souls are enticed by seductive affiance.
A narrative about

The Dalliance of Moon and Sun

The Solstice showed up early
left us in the dark
promised on the morrow
two more minutes in the park
he dances with the shadows
changing them from fat to thin
promises that every day
we’ll do the dance again
so spread your arms and celebrate
the dalliance of moon and sun
a romance that hasn’t ended
since the day it was begun

John G. Lawless
©12/21/2022

A Dalliance

dandy butterfly
lands on a bunch of flowers~
a lip locked ballet


August.15.2022

~ Placed First~

Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor – Tania Kitchin

A Summer Dalliance

 
Oh, it was a beautiful cloudless sunny day,
as I wandered a meadow to make a bouquet;
all about butterflies were dancing a ballet,
and I was dazzled by the song of a blue jay !

To a rippling stream I went on hearing a song,
and there a man sang a tune beautiful and strong;
his heavenly voice mingled

''Life, Ne'Er the Primrose Path of Dalliance''

Life, ne'er the primrose path of dalliance 
     for me (and in league with this shady world),
like the accused who has no innocence,
     fleeced me as my tribulations unfurled;
deprived and in disgrace with Fortune's eyes, 
     with all hope lost and none at

Our Dalliance Has Ended

i shall never be able to forget our affection
was deep as first love, and wild as all regret-
crimson and medallion encompass my soul;
‘neath the autumn moon i still etch your silhouette

sincerity arrived and remorse soon followed,
for i needed compassion, someone to console-
i put away my lace to replace what was before,
now my poor essence shallow,

Dalliance In a Bungalow

dalliance in a bungalow; euphony.
our mellifluous voices blend and 
no longer is mine demure

felicity fills our love lagoon
an effervescent elixir
that which is becoming of beauty

that, which is so ephemeral.
fugacious love succumbs to day

for when the gossamer web of amorance 
turns chatoyant in sunlight,
their murmurous musings begin
 
and so we must reveal the imbroglio of our

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