Long Bijoux Poems

Let Me Give Her Diamonds
by Michael R. Burch

Let me give her diamonds
for my heart's
sharp edges.

Let me give her roses
for my soul's
thorn.

Let me give her solace
for my words
of treason.

Let the flowering of love
outlast a winter
season.

Let me...

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These words of love I give to you, my dear
to have comfort in the stillness of time
and meld two souls to keep love's wishes near
when the length of the years and age will climb
I will...

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LOVE POEMS II

These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating and marriage. On an amusing note, my steamy Baudelaire translations have become popular with the...

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These words of love I give to you, my dear
to have comfort in the stillness of time
and meld two souls to keep love's wishes near
when the length of the years and age will climb
I will...

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There was poetry,
In the open fields,
On the slanted blueberries,
On the skirts of schoolgirls,

There was poetry,
In the sunny cupboards,
In the quiet gardens,
In the sweet air of spring,

There was some poetry
In the caressing hands,
In the chalk of...

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Les Bijoux (The Jewels)
by Charles Baudelaire
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

My lover nude and knowing my heart's whims
Wore nothing more than a few bright-flashing gems;
Her art was saving men despite their sins;
She ruled like harem...

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Conquistador, for you, my queen,
I want to conquer your heart, cursed star
I want to possess your revolt, and all that is predicted tomorrow,
Conquistador, Conquistador,
I want to tame your eyes, ferocious tigers
I want to share your...

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Majestic and yet strangely innocent, they are silent sentinels of the past 
Rock holding fast a million memories though the surface shows the only scars 
The range of ranges, old today and ancient tomorrow, these...

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When it arrives to Pandora you may find out several numerous Pandora charms people can
buy. In specific fact, you may find out hundreds and an enormous choice of them. it is
because of Pandora could be...

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On the tides of words,
The eyes too light,
In the running of zebras,
I’m looking for it,

Under the wool, night dreams,
On the precious jewels,
The faces without worries,
I’m still looking for it,

On the torn heart,
By the Mayan treasures,
On...

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Churning ominous dust, an angry sky pounded it's fists that ferocious afternoon.
Draping a charcoal blanket, brooding air suddenly darkened all brightness.
Threatening winds whipped thrashes on  boulders and branches,
Spinning madly around, dizzy in it's vortex,
a...

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Raindrops freeze in rainbow of opulence,
gracefully strung in finely-stranded rows.
Dressing branches in frosty ebullience,
crystal beauties, bijoux vibrancy glows.

Gracefully strung in finely-stranded rows,
lavishing tree limbs in prismatic gifts.
Crystal beauties, bijoux vibrancy glows,
careless light captured does heighten...

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Tell you this again,
When you see
A shooting star,
Someone loves you,

Someone tells you
“Eat chocolates”
Offer jewelry,
Think of me, then,

Pineapple flavors,
Mango flavors,
On a distant island
There is happiness,

Tell you this again
When you see
A shooting star,
There’s someone who loves you.




Dites-vous...

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"Bijou"



Let me count the ways
Love translates in waves
108; Lovers duplicate


(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)




"Blue & Green" / Virginia Woolf
https://youtu.be/csgUaZKtY7U











108
https://www.thezenlife.com/blogs/news/the-significance-of-the-number-108 




Bijou
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bijoux

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bijou




Blue & Green / Woolf
https://interestingliterature.com/2019/08/a-short-analysis-of-virginia-woolfs-blue-and-green/...

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Have you ever met a creature of the swamp
  the kind that makes his home in the DC bureaucracy

I hear there are hundreds of thousands of them
  I shop at Macy's, so why...

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