Musings On Presidents In Residence
...It's so hard to select just one president --
even harder to put a new resident
into a WH occupied by true decadents
You think I mean Biden and Trump, ho-ho
but I'm thinking Bush vs. Gore, a...
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Categories:
decadents, america, leadership, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Ballade: In Favour of Those Called Decadents and Symbolists, Translation of Paul Verlaine's Poem
...Ballade : In favour of those called Decadents and Symbolists, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s Ballade en faveur des dénommés Décadents et Symbolistes
for Léon Vanier*
(The texts I use for my t...
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Categories:
decadents, poetry,
Form: Ballade
Conquistador, Translation of Paul Verlaine's Tercets: Conquistador
...Conquistador, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s tercets : Conquistador
Message to fellow soupers: I have been trying to upload, in vain, yet another translation of a
Paul Verlaine poem titled: "Ba...
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Categories:
decadents, patriotic,
Form: Romanticism
Second Home
...Second Home by Rob Barratt
An escape from the rat race.
Life lived at a slower pace
An idyllic setting they won’t be letting
The cottage slumbers ,
Like the electricity meter numbers
It’s early Ma...
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Categories:
decadents, home, mum,
Form: Rhyme
Second Home
...Second Home by Rob Barratt
An escape from the rat race.
Life lived at a slower pace
An idyllic setting they won’t be letting
The cottage slumbers ,
Like the electricity meter numbers
It’s e...
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Categories:
decadents, socialhouse, home, home, house,
Form: Verse