Dante Poems - Poems about Dante

What creature is this that cometh near His luggage filled to the brim with fear Crushing our lives, crushing our beliefs O whence for me shall bring only griefs What of the men whom now weep? What of the woman buried alive in their sleep? What of the children who once stood brave? Their minds controlled their souls enslaved The baneful trumpets sound...

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Divine Comedy written by the famous, Dante Alighieri A writer, a poet, and a philosopher with his own theory Still hard to understand after 700 years Listening to it in Italian brings tears to your eyes, that’s clear. It took thirteen long years to complete As you read about his first love, Beatrice Portinari, so sweet Went to her grave with...

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A nod to Dante’s Inferno First: Home to unbaptized and the self-righteous Retirement home of the afterlife Aristotle, is there, in his own way, pious So, deep talks, CSPAN, and not much strife Second: The final home of the lecherous Anyone controlled by their own hormones Cleopatra, Helen is there, so adulterous And, reality tv stars calls it their home Third:...

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DANTE TRANSLATIONS Little sparks may ignite great Infernos.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch In Beatrice I beheld the outer boundaries of blessedness.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch She made my veins and even the pulses within them tremble.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Her sweetness left me intoxicated.—Dante, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Love commands me...

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Expectations high did not pan out ...

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Temporal Dilettante Journalist David J Walker no-thing need not name the nameless breaks the morning in disguise shakes the shame and wakes the shameless quench tormented turbid eyes the bootless errand realized who shakes the hand but shuns the banquet a polymath of nullity a picnic spread on follies blanket the argot of a fervent plea omnifarious frivolity dante...

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High upon the fridge was he. A handsome ebony cat hides secretly. He awaits the perfect prey. Dante lays with one eye open all day. His dark fur hiding him in the shadows atop the fridge ,no one dare see! Swoosh opens the front door and in comes a fly. He awakens spotting the intruder with his one open eye. A...

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She was, existed, amongst other women, for love’s sake When my eye caught her sight, my spirits left This corpse of mine: soul theft My remains, were shaking, trembling: earthquake My soul looked down upon my flesh quite rotten My hand begged for support from a wall Beatrice the loveliest of all Somewhat cruel. She laughed, at my meat forgotten Then...

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Ginsberg Writes the F- WORD FALLEN GINSBERG COINS “” INTO POETRY, Our college creative-writing professor Announced in 1972, to our class of hippie poets, Like me, who didn’t quite see The big deal, because we were establishing That outrage into every sentence of all Conversations spoken across the world; That (I hadn’t even known) it was banned...

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One dark and stormy night, when half my life lay behind me ?I wandered from the straight and narrow path too far. And took my heart for a ship’s compass All through the darkness, I followed no course, no path but my own. ? With only unlimited darkness before me Above that darkness, there was no guiding...

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What do they want to know About me? I'm fun loving, charismatic A strong Leader Who's Diplomatic Never ask for much I handle mines By any "means" I Can read between the lines I'm the one people Love I'm the flower that rose "above" Concrete I mastered streets I made it out without A chance of defeat You may trap my...

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Rossetti, master painter - poet. His works inspired by the Bible and classic literature. Oils of jewel tones suffuse his...

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Deep the Divine Comedy here, Adjust your gaze and find the way; Note footsteps fine that seek paths clear, Trials in a maze through night and day, Echo lost souls in wayward chimes. Attend to signs in fiery space; Look to unfold means in vague rhymes, Indulge in kind passage and grace; Glimpses of hope where faith knows best, Hell fire enroute purgatory; Induce the...

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Already I reached the place where heard the sound Of falling water in the circle next Suchlike the rumble done by hives around, When three spirits together changed their treks, Running, out of an horde just passing there Under the rain and of their pains effects. Came towards us, each one shouting despair: “Stop here you who by behavior look One not...

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TO DANTE ALIGHIERI ...

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