Liege Poems - Poems about Liege

Enimies Of My Breath

...Enemies Of My Breath.

Like a purple dragon of doom, I breathe fire behind your knecks!

With the quake of the earth, I ensue your essence to the ends of the realms.

Like a volcano I erupt wit...

Enimies Of My Breath

...Enemies Of My Breath.

Like a purple dragon of doom, I breathe fire behind your knecks!

With the quake of the earth, I ensue your essence to the ends of the realms.

Like a volcano I erupt wit...

Enimies Of My Breath

...Enemies Of My Breath.

Like a purple dragon of doom, I breathe fire behind your knecks!

With the quake of the earth, I ensue your essence to the ends of the realms.

Like a volcano I erupt wit...

Rin kai fuki

...Katsushige Mizuno
Is too awesome for just one lord, you know
For 15 years lived as a wanderer
Moving on from one liege to another

His father's serf once tattled on his misconduct
So he drew hi...

Where Time Stands Still

...

In that timeless realm, O Cosmic Sister, our love at the helm, where time stands still-
our love becomes the canvas, 
the enzymes, the film.
Each fleeting heartbeat -a brushstroke, ballast,
a...

Be Watchful

...Doesn't a steward wait for his lord like a guard?
Even the darkest night seems to him like a day.
Isn't any thought, except that of his lord, barred?
Doors open, lamps burn. He chases his sleep aw...

The Hall of Cynddylan translation by Michael R Burch

...“Stafell Gynddylan” (“The Hall of Cynddylan”) belongs to the cycle of Welsh englyn or englynion (three-line stanzas) traditionally called “Canu Heledd” (“The Song of Heledd”). 

The Welsh “dd” is p...

Fair Lady Without Peer by Charles d’Orleans

...Fair Lady Without Peer
by Charles d’Orleans
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Fair Lady, without peer, my plea,
Is that your grace will pardon me,
Since I implore, on bended...

In Service To

...Conscripting my dreams
attacking my doubts

Each wish is a soldier
whose loyalty shouts

Enlisting new feelings
with hope as my guide

A liege to the future
— where time will abide


(Dr...

Crown of Sonnets in Iambic Pentameter: In Story-Tale-in-Form

...Crown of Sonnets in Iambic Pentameter: The Tale of Prince Zag


Note: The tale is six (6) sonnets long, each sonnet has 14 lines, each line contains variable words bearing 10 syllables, neverthele...

Haiku'z me

....

 for mine see locked tight
az if my had no command
  impelled i'm your liege





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Keep

...The siege began, oh so long ago,
I was not wise, nor bold, nor old
And yet they came with demon speed
To snatch us from a simple soothing life
To hold before us flames that scorched our souls
Dr...

Fealty's Bow

...Everything 
points to something
the many to the one

Everyone 
liege to someone
with fealty’s bow restrung

Everywhere
started somewhere
whose map undrawn curates

Every song
birthed in ...

Why He Killed the Emperor, Part Iii

......“ ‘I used to love talking with friends,
they gave such meaning to my life,
but after watching them all die…
it no longer makes my eyes bright.

“ ‘I’ve loved women of every type,
indulged in...

I Dub Thee

...Being self-titled
aristocrat pure
Heraldry solemn
 liege a du jour

Knighted in fealty 
 loyalty’s throne
Crusading triumphant
—honor atoned

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...

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