Long Billy goat Poems

Translations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems

The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

(excerpt)
He who granted me life...

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A a 	big A little a
                   What words start with the letter A
    ...

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Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
(alternately titled  GENESIS RESPLENDENT)

No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed...

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I'M NOT NEW::
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 
VERSE 1:
Anything wey concern mai haus,you already sabi,
if i build you a castle for mai dream,
you'll still refuse to cope, 
treasuring you go de dey hard for mai role,...

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Kublai has swollen lymph nodes in his throat that is why
it is hard for him to eat. The lymph nodes have spread
down his back, he won't last long. When it is time he won't eat...

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In Search of 50 Names(couplets alphabetized for ease of footnoting the names)

A) A tom cat sits in heather nearby a willow tree.
Rose and jasmine fill the air. A billy goat I see.

B) 50 words that...

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I know of a lass by the name of Kelly McGower 
Who would sing like an angel when she took a shower. 
But when she finished and came out of the rain, 
It seems that...

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Growing Young in Ziontown

Admiring the dogwoods as I walked that path with dad after the work day was through. He walked and talked of life, nature and wisdom showed from him to the light shades...

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" Memories Among the Ruins "



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The purple on his chin was tellin'
there was just no use to lie.
That pesky, good for nothin' goat
had eaten Mother's pie.
She  had set it on the porch 
jist to cool it down a bit,
and...

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 Leccy Powers in the Air

    Nikola Tesla knew the score,
    back there, wayback in 1894,
    send-em power through the post,
    bloody radio...

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Northside of Chi-Town is full of emotion.
In the ‘45 Series Cubs and Tigers are battling.
Sianis buys two tickets to show his devotion.
Is booted ‘cause his billy goat won’t stop bahbling.
He curses the Cubbies and causes...

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What if trees never got old?
What if Doritos weren't extremely bold?
What if my mom was my dad's uncle's cousin?
What if bees chirped and birds were buzzin?
What if every house had a drawbridge and moat?
What if...

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Who am I? I am not Fred Flintstone, nor am I Billy Goat Gruff,
And I am not Will Shakespeare, nor a Scotsman named MacDuff;
I am not Tom, I am not Dick, and surely am not...

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The night was dark an stormy,
The Billy goat went blind,
It flew into a barbed wire fence
 and  tore its never mind, {anonomous?}

Ole Don he drove the A model Ford,
At least it was a ute…{utility/pickup}
He...

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Food is fooling me. Fat and fluffy and as happy as can be, full figured or 
pleasingly plump. Oh boy, there's alot of rolls and big old bumps. Bumps and 
lumps is what I will...

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Here is another true story that happened down on this southeast corner of North 
Carolina.  We do not live in a rural area so a goat is a very rare site.  Especially on...

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Peel back the onion tear squeals
coming from a televised live politico lynch rally
See the sound byte rubber duckie
teflon touting 
his favorite effigy combustible hits

Penguin strutting presidential seal
got a billy goat attitude, kicking rude gutter alley
A...

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A fallacy, that every 'once upon a time' 
is a beautiful fantasy, for some hold lies
Fairytales have a hero, but also a villain
masked in sheep's clothing as a disguise

Red Riding Hood defeated the Big Bad...

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Anything about my home,you already know,
If I build you a castle in my dream,
You'll still refuse to cope, 
Treasuring you will be difficult in my role, 
So let us draw a dialogue for new life...

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Poor, Poor Casanova



Once in a time,
 in a place known as Umbria.
Spied dist I, oh grand lake!
Trasimeno ,Trasimeno

Twas said,” oh So many roman soldiers 
were slain here in some long forgotten war.”
Unto the waters sleep...

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She wanted me to meet her pet, but I was not ready to go yet. 
Her enormous python and giant black cobra I had already met.
Alligator? Crocodile? Probably something that could tear me apart.
I made...

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It’s 5am it’s cold this morn,
Black as night I am forlorn,
The weather here is chilly,
A verse rattles round my head ,
Get on the computer silly.

Brown eyed Jane she isn’t plain,
She comes to me a teasing,
Her...

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And the leopard shall lie down with the kid
Isa. 11:6


My, my, my
Fancy meeting you here, kid
You're looking good enough to eat,
you got good taste, I can tell
Back in the day,
you woulda made a mighty fine...

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"Born William Henry McCarty, Jr. AKA, Billy the Kid or El Chivito, (Billy Goat/Kid). He had a younger brother named Joseph, and they both had an older sister named Bridget McCarty. Not much is known...

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