Dunbar Poems - Poems about Dunbar

Lament for the Makaris ("Lament for the Makers/Poets") by William Dunbar [c. 1460-1530] loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch i who enjoyed good health and gladness am overwhelmed now by life’s terrible sickness and enfeebled with infirmity ... how the fear of Death dismays me! our presence here is mere vainglory; the false world is but transitory; the flesh is frail; the...

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Sweet Rose of Virtue by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530) loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch after William Dunbar Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness, delightful lily of youthful wantonness, richest in bounty and in beauty clear and in every virtue that is held most dear— except only that you are merciless. Into your garden, today, I followed you; there I saw flowers of freshest...

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Sweet Rose of Virtue by William Dunbar [1460-1525] translation by Michael R. Burch Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness, delightful lily of youthful wantonness, richest in bounty and in beauty clear and in every virtue that is held most dear, except only that you are merciless. Into your garden, today, I followed you; there I saw flowers of freshest hue, both white and...

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Paul Laurence Dunbar In terms of poetic excellence, he set a high bar He was called "the poet of his people", so adept At writing his poems in African-American dialect...

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Dat gal done gone an lef me? '?lone went t'town wit huh red shoes on. Hi' ole heels,dress on tight Powda and paint,sum'in ain't right They's som kine of problum I caint explain I believes sum main done turnt her hed stayin out late,alw ays rais'in sayin gotta take uh baf, fo' she get in bed So I follered huh one night to...

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