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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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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