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Exeter Poems - Poems about Exeter


Medieval Poetry Translations VI by Michael R Burch
...These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and Middle English. Exeter Book Gnomic Verses or Maxims loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch......

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Categories: exeter, fish, husband, love, ocean,
Form: Free verse
The Wife's Lament
..."The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English/Anglo Saxon poem found in the Exeter Book, which has been dated to 960-990 AD, making it the oldest English poetry anthology. "The Wife......

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Categories: exeter, husband, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse



The Rhyming Poem - Part I
...The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem Old English Poem (i.e., Anglo-Saxon Poem) from the Exeter Book, ca. 990 AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch He who gr......

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Categories: exeter, england, literature, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The Rhyming Poem - Part Ii
...The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem - Part II anonymous Old English Poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch He who grant......

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Categories: exeter, england, literature, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English Language
...Translations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD loose translation/interp......

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Categories: exeter, england, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Bombs Away
...BOMBS AWAY "Holy crap, that's one fair turd offloaded Hermann, you must be relieved" Indiana Shaw . . . ; ) "Exeter unearths an unexploded 1.00......

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Categories: exeter, humor, metaphor, world war
Form: Monoku
Deor's Lament
...Deor's Lament (Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Weland endured the agony of exile: an indomitable smith wracked by ......

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Categories: exeter, destiny, england, fate, old,
Form: Verse
Winter Awakens My Care
...Winter Awakens My Care anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300 loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Winter awakens all my care as leafless trees grow bare. For now my sighs a......

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Categories: exeter, angst, england, joy, sorrow,
Form: Couplet
Chaucer Translation: Merciless Beauty
...Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty") by Geoffrey Chaucer loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Your eyes slay me suddenly; their beauty I cannot sustain, they wound me so, throu......

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Categories: exeter, beauty, heart, relationship, romance,
Form: Roundel
Momma Was a Rollin Stone
...Chapter 1; THE LIGHT THAT COULD NOT BE EXTINGUESHED They say that demons can be generational, that they can attach themselves to a family for decades with such a stronghold, that the individuals ......

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Categories: exeter, family,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Fosse Way
...Legend of Fosse Way Riding hard under a moonlight high not a leaf rustling and it troubles my mind In the distance there's music of the lyre and flute rippling over the moors Serenading the ......

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Categories: exeter, england,
Form: Ballad
Issy Bailey
...Issy was in first year at Exeter University, Coming home from a trip to the cinema, Travelling in a car at 60mph, high velocity, When they were hit by another vehicle. Six months in hospital......

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Categories: exeter, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain
Crystal Lane
...Crystal was born with a similar condition, To Sarah Storey who’s the Dame of Para, And was so impressed by Beijing in 2008, That she responded to the ad for athletes. She was already doing ......

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Categories: exeter, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Devonshire
...Devon by County Devonshire by name Exeter the capital Part of England's frame Her coat of arms That warrants claim Displays a red crowned lion And Naval fame Three sea faring Sirs Are ......

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Categories: exeter, history, life, places
Form: Rhyme

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