Long Earls Poems
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Chaucer Translation: Merciless Beauty
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 keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain...
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Categories:
earls, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Roundel
The Lily Maid of Astolat
The knight of knights, Sir Lancelot,
From far away in Camelot,
Went by a way that he knew not
And thus, by chance, spied Astolat
With sunset's gleam upon her tow'rs:
T'was there he met the maid Elaine,
With hair as...
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Categories:
earls, devotion, farewell, first love, heartbroken, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Anglo-Norman Arising
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
old and new empires jostle, reshaping across continents and...
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Categories:
earls, england, history, identity, immigration, language, people, social,
Form:
Narrative
Beowulf translation by Michael R Burch
Beowulf Excerpts
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 8th-10th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
LO, praise the prowess of the Spear-Danes
whose clan-thanes ruled in days bygone,
possessed of dauntless courage and valor.
All have heard the honors the...
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Categories:
earls, courage, dream, heart, heaven, visionary, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Medieval Poetry Translations VIII by Michael R Burch
These are English translations of Medieval poems written in Old English.
The Battle of Maldon
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 991 AD or later
translation by Michael R. Burch
…would be broken.
Then he bade each warrior unbridle his...
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Categories:
earls, conflict, confusion, courage, death, england, horse, war,
Form:
Free verse
Beautiful Child of Godly Justice
I see her again.
This time painted,
As a semi-trailer ad.
Paying the rent.
For us staying unknown.
My head was down,
Bobbing away from darkness.
Tho, still sensing her beauty.
Grimacing at its lightness.
Still remembering, the question.
To her, I first asked.
"Please, miss...
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Categories:
earls, beauty, community, society,
Form:
I do not know?
The Wanderer, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
The Wanderer, Part II
Awakening, the friendless man confronts the murky waves,
the seabirds bathing, broadening out their feathers,
the hoar-frost, harrowing hail & snow eternally falling…
Then his heart’s wounds seem all the heavier for the loss of...
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Categories:
earls, bird, dark, loss, sea, sorrow, war, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Ireland - a Divided Island Part Two
chieftains trade their loyalty behind the clouds
high mountain king Carrantouhil commanding his Macgillycuddy Reeks
men of begotten rank, scheming skulduggery
secrets hide out of sight, Comeragh mystery shrouds Coumshingaun
flighty...
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Categories:
earls, community, history, ireland, time,
Form:
Narrative
The Wanderer, Part III, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
The Wanderer, Part III
The wise man contemplates these ruins,
considers this dark life soberly,
remembers the blood spilled here
in multitudes of battles,
then says:
“Where is the horse now? Where, its riders?
Where, the givers of gifts & treasure,...
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Categories:
earls, loss, sorrow, time, travel, war, winter, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Literary Notes
At age twenty I had made it to Earls Court.
The rented room was seedily solid
having been for decades
filled with wine and cheap sunlight.
Until then I had not read a thing
apart from: ‘The Ship’ by C.S....
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Categories:
earls, poetry,
Form:
Blank verse
Founding Fathers
I have flashbacks of you, from when I was so young
i thought you left me, to explore this vast galaxy, for mankind
You taught us how to survive on this big banged...
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Categories:
earls, life, philosophy, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Earl of Pence
'Twas a dark and stormy night! (OK! So I'm being a tad histrionic!)
The Earl of Pence was lounging by the fire sipping his gin and tonic.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared sending shivers down his...
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Categories:
earls, england, horror, humorous, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
The Earl of Pence
'Twas a dark and stormy night! (OK - so I'm being a tad histrionic!)
The Earl of Pence was lounging by the fire sipping his gin and tonic.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared sending shivers down his...
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Categories:
earls, england, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Obama My King
When God makes a plan for a king
It is God’s plan not the King’s
When a king strays from true purpose
As an unfavorable appendage growth
Turning asunder God’s intended nature for rule
Whereupon pompous self...
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Categories:
earls, allegory, education, hope, inspirational, life, parody, people,
Form:
Free verse
Family's Furiously Fab Reunion
Anecdotal ancestors are anxiously arriving.
Bringing Betty’s bugs behind Beauty’s book bag
Creepy Clementine chases Crazy Charlie
Deliberately doing dainty delicate dynamics.
Effortlessly engaging exciting English earls.
Furthermore furiously finding frivolous friends.
Generous grandma gestures gaily.
Hoping heavy hitters help Heroic Henry.
Ideally...
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Categories:
earls, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, word
Form:
ABC
Magna Carta
Magna Carta
Charter that determined
the King does Not
have absolute power
for he may not reign at his own
self-centered whim, nae!
much of his authority must be
siphoned off
Relinquished to
Earls, Lords, Barons, Bishops
Knights no longer must blindly obey
The...
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Categories:
earls, england, history,
Form:
Verse
Crossroads
Crossroads to where life began
Fear of dark cold round me again
In the twilight before the morn
Scattered grass iced, forlorn
Silence in the air ash orangy dawn
Fire burnt out like clouds in storm
Life in vain for a...
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Categories:
earls, allegory,
Form:
Free verse
Don'T Get High On God's Supply
High and mighty leaders brag,
They own gas gold arms drugs
Whoah.. Quite a stash ' They'll
Stick or sell, when it favours them'
These are righteous dignified
Women and men, there are Kings
And dukes and earls and...
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Categories:
earls, america, angst, anxiety, art, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
Who's Kidding Whom?
(My thoughts about doing the project without getting the credit)
Without grandiosely postulating
I will offer my opinion.
I don't know whom you're quoting,
I presume he's not a minion.
For he's not the one, I'm thinking
who is doing all...
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Categories:
earls, on work and workingtime,
Form:
Rhyme
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is the greatest discovery in human history. More great than all holy scriptures given together. As a one who lived in region long ago severely...
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Categories:
earls, faith, universe,
Form:
Verse
A Titanic Farewell
Five years of heartache, stale goodbyes
While families part, with tear-filled eyes
Recession rules, as work dries up
They leave to fill their working cup
As the second hand counts down the minute
Both love and loss appear infinite
Each...
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Categories:
earls, absence, betrayal, corruption, immigration,
Form:
Rhyme
Memories
I don't mix with Barons , Princes or Earls
I don't desire diamonds, Rubies or pearls
I envy no one be they poor or rich
but tell me you love me and I am bewitched.
Those are...
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Categories:
earls, heartbroken,
Form:
Verse
Stung
I feel guilty,
For something I didn’t do,
Am lovelorn,
Hurt beyond measure.
Even after taking an oath of fealty.
The state of me being grandeur……
Isn’t there no more.
I cry like a babe!
All these bog me down,
The pressure within me,
Even...
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Categories:
earls, betrayal, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Earl and Pearl Part 2
There is an old place on the outskirts of town
The rumor is old Earls ghost hangs around
Shot by Pearl as he was sneaking away
With another girl her name was faye
Shot them both,never seen since that...
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Categories:
earls, satire, old, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Earl and Pearl Part 1
Once there was a girl called Pearl
Who loved a fellar called Earl
Earl vowed his love would be forever
And they would always be together
Miss Pearl she was crazy for him
But Earls love started to dim
He told...
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Categories:
earls, girlfriend-boyfriend, dark, dark, love,
Form:
Rhyme