Sweet Dream Poems

Throughout the coldest days of the mighty winter
Think of a sweet spring and dream of a mild summer
During the harshest hours of the wintry night
Think...

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These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and/or Middle English.


The Maiden’s Song aka The Bridal Morn
anonymous Medieval lyric
translation by Michael R....

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When I am intoxicated, I rise beyond myself, like fragrance escaping from a blooming flower.
My heart, burdened by sorrow, lifts itself high, like a flower...

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A slumbering mind drifting in time, far out on the Ithacan shores,
Striving to sleep while trying to seek another pristine, poetic door.

With words of wonder,...

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Reality those waves defy,
asleep you can finally fly;
Sea is heated by a cold sky
sweet lullaby, sweet lullaby;

Feathers decorating whitecaps 
the fence holding you in snaps;
No...

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       I dreamt I saw you dancing on the green grass.
       I dreamt...

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To start the new year with a kiss
I woke up from a dream of this
I asked you if you wouldn't mind
Onto my chest your head...

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As one more year is fading out and time swiftly flies like a speeding bird, I wish all my friends a New Year of Health,...

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Daylight fades away early
Even though our day is not done.
Clumps of snow shimmer in pearly,
Enchanting drifts, reflecting the disappearing sun.
My love stokes ardent embers to...

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Rose-tinted strata,
Earth's flesh peeled back reveals ancient dreams.
Blue veins pulse beneath the desert's sleeping face. 

Coral ripples freeze 
In stone waves as time's tide 
Catches...

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GET your
SUGAR from the cupboard of your heart and winter kiss my wavering thoughts like the first snowflake to fall 
HONEYED with passion your words...

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I shall wait for you this evening, at the frontier of your dreams;
that warm, soft place ten seconds into nothingness... where it would seem
reality and...

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Cocoa tacos and cacao pizza,
fudge fries for sweet crème dipping;
I missed one! Forgive my amnesia;

A jello slide right into gumballs,
just be careful how you ride...

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So silently, the shadows formed, and cloaked what once, was shining bright.
How softly, crept the darkness, into what, was once, a sweet delight.
Your hand has...

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Have you ever forgotten
where your happy place is?
I have reason to believe I’m
the only one who has.
Sondering too deeply,
selfishly playing the victim.
I’m good at that.

I...

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