Mother French Poems

Your not going to believe this but I forgot that Jeanne Rosemary comes before Robert Earl.Probably because I am mad at her for not trying...

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Why the translation? Because French is a pretty language.
mon petit chou is a term of endearment “my little cabbage.”

Leaning in—
Listening
To small things,
Big issues.
Work consumes
Your time.

Occasionally,
A...

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When I was young,                                           ...

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She walked the labyrinth with her head bowed down 
and thought of Christ with His thorny encrusted crown
Each rock was interlinked, attached to a circular...

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Le Jardin De Ma Mere.


      A frayed straw hat protecting silvery grey,
      my mother got...

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After the Sunday service, searching back to her
For a date. He will soon be walking back to her.

Bottle rockets popping over the Sacre Coeur.
She suddenly...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Renee Vivien Translations


Song
by Renée Vivien
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

When the moon weeps,
illuminating flowers on the graves of the faithful,
my memories creep
back to you, wrapped...

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It was so long ago, the camera in my heart, 
had almost forgotten it and so~
Let this be a tribute to Roget and his gracious...

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It was 50 years ago; yet the memory is so very vivid.             ...

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I went for a morning stroll
I had a decision to make
A road to choose
I knew where I was heading
French bread and rosin bun
I took the...

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You said quel dommage that 
we don't share the same language,
yet still it was your body
which remained silent 
to the mother tongue of love....

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Bonsoir 
He had greeted the trader, for it was evening.
An unusual day it was, the sun still smiling
And shedding light on dark mother earth.

At 37...

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Marianne (Bearer of Tricolour) 

Marianne; the Goddess of Liberty and bearer of Tricolour,
Triumphant French Republic revolutionary figure,
Evokes solidarity with breasts exposed and barefooted;
Wearing a Phrygian...

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Hail Mary full of Grace, 
In castles, painted stone.
The chairs too small for children now,
The Lord is (somehow) with thee.
Though the faces scorn and mock...

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