Rose Epigram Poems

THE WORD ALIVE

O shower of rain,well of
fresh water,stream of life
to me.

First fruit on my
apple tree.O cluster of
henna, my beautiful crown
a pearl of great value ,this
rose...

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you are not simply the inapposite that breaks
you are the plague that destroys the rose
the captious instrument that causes loss...

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To the first war
                     we...

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''In the company of the flower. The butterfly's unfathomed affection. A many times coming about --a kiss from a rose.''...

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POEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID

These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today...

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The Field
by Rumi 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field. 
I'll meet you there. 
When the...

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Our English Rose
by Michael R. Burch

for Christine Ena Burch

The rose is—
the ornament of the earth,
the glory of nature,
the archetype of the flowers,
the blush of the...

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Angelus Silesius Translations

The rose merely blossoms
and never asks why:
heedless of her beauty,
careless of every eye.
?Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

The rose lack reasons
and...

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WOMAN I
"The woman is delicate from the egg, and an idea that does not freeze.
It is a yellow rose that has and knows the right...

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Sappho, fragment 118
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre;
come, let my words
accompany your voice.

"Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is apparently addressing...

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Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.

This...

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The earth had trebled and opened wide
To receive the Lord of all mankind 

But 

The unblemished lamb rose in the sky 
The eternal life us...

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Aunt Rose is always with her ferns
Since that's where Uncle Gil broke the urn-

7/19/2018...

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The handful of sky arrived and sat on the rose petal
The infinity in the miniature marvel


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April 9, 2018
Epigram - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Deborah Guenther...

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finished the tedious course, 
tiring the racing horse. 

healed the fractured nose, 
from where l fell, l rose. 

string of accomplishments,
edured the pain. 

l stand...

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