Home Interpretation Poems

From the dungeons depths 
Our canary friend had nothing much left 
Speaking like everything was all right 
Invited candy toffees in for a bite 
This...

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On the TV 
Talent getting paid a salary fee 
In control of distributing information 
Monitoring backstage scripted decisions
Dude was inland 
Miles from the ocean sand...

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A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch

Oh, my love is like a red, red rose
that's newly sprung in June
and my love is...

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Sunday was International Women’s Day 
Which has a lot to say 
For one thing the amount in the cheque 
That woman receives for labor respect...

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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, through my heart...

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My Interpretation Of Love:


Is being a true friend no matter what.

Is allowing yourself to love from your 
soul.

Is giving of yourself self without taking.

Is being...

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speech and debate team members
competed every week
new schools, new judges, input sought

national finals at Niagara University
eleven hundred contestants 
vying for trophies worth their weight in...

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