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Topic: Birthday of Jhingky Santos (June 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Texte: The poets were good teachers, for they taught
Earth had this joy; but that 'twould ever be
That fortune should be perfected in me,
My heart of hope dared not engage the thought
Robert Seymour Bridges
The poets were good teachers, for they taught
Of visions unseen by the human eye
Of beauty seen beyond a simple sigh
The poets were good teachers, for they taught
Earth had this joy; but that 'twould ever be
A gift from nature’s soul for all to share
Of perfection found in all that’s out there
Earth had this joy; but that 'twould ever be
That fortune should be perfected in me
Even a man with an imperfect heart
Is perfected when seeing nature’s art
That fortune should be perfected in me
My heart of hope dared not engage the thought
Yet still I look with a poetic view
To a world that is always fresh and new
My heart of hope dared not engage the thought
© JG Farmer 2017
Form: Glosa
(Mini Glosa)
Text:
Two pictures on an ancient wall
In the grand Florentine Hall
By Anonymous
Two pictures on an ancient wall.
One shows a fair girl who looks like a doll.
This picture is very old and kind of tall,
The other one in comparison it's not that small.
Multitudes attend now this art show,have a ball.
Two pictures on an ancient wall.
In the grand Florentine hall.
It attracts and fascinates the eyes of all.
The other painting showing the young man is fine.
He shows magnificently in his ancestral castle scene.
Both paintings hang now side by side
In the grand Florentine hall.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2011
September,24,2014
I think the French and Greek have the most beautiful expression for the word "wife" in their languages: Ma Femme (French) and Gynaika Mou (Greek), which when translated to English resonate with a cave man ring…yea….MY WOMAN!!!! MY WOMAN.....Can you hear Tarzan bellowing that Ahaahhhhh...AHA AHHHHAAAA. OOOOHHHHH!!!! I simply ADORE these expressions...I LOVE THESE TWO LANGUAGES!!!! My Woman!!! Possessive…Yea! The only way to be!!!
Ok, you polyglots...(a word with roots in the glorious Greek language..meaning Poly..many...glosa...tongues)...I know that you can also say epouse....and sizigos, but why would you want to be civilized when you can say......MA WOMAN!!!! Rock on, French and Greek....Hmmmmmm...French and Greek men....lovely! ;)
HA HA HA HA!
Yea...told you it was going to be a silly post!
Eileen Manassian Ghali
Parlez vous Francais???? Melate Ellenika????? ;)
(Glosa)
~Cabeza~
I wish I were where Helen lies!
Night and day on me she cries;
O that I were where Helen lies,
On fair kirkconnell lee!
(From:'Fair Helen of Kirkconnell'anonymous)
In my soul there's no longer peace,
Since her voice of sudden had cease;
And a grief so cruel has sent me to sea,
I wish I were where Helen lies!
In dreams she calls me and later she pleads!
So lonely and cold she is, from whence now she lies,
O, Helen! My Maiden so fair! no more for her sky, stars nor sea,
Night and day on me she cries;
In the wind her laughter no longer teases,
No more riding are her songs, in the breeze!
Wish it was me, and not her sleeping under the tree,
O that I were where Helen lies!
Where my Love lies now facing the sea,
Where sparrows and seagulls, crosses swiftly the sky,
O, I wish it was me on that ground so cold, where now she lies,
On Fair Kirkconnell lee!
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2004-2008
December,10,2008
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