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Medieval Poems Iii
Medieval Poems



Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...

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Categories: ill starred, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Nun In Friar Small-Bro's Grave---Yard Part 2
Continuation

With ghouls, unlearned, no stone’s unturned
to burnish blame with Nun’s proud name
       and leave the midnight sky... scarred.
They raise their hats to copy cats
       in FRiar Small-Bro’s grave...yard.

While rumours spread amongst the dead,
Nun stays the...

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Categories: ill starred, daughter, fantasy, mother, sister, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Long time Shelton, Washington transplants
Long time Shelton, Washington transplants...

also known as
noteworthy Trader Joe's patrons
bass sic lee did treble themselves
conducting taping jam session
assembling (boxing), compiling,
and hermetically sealing tight as a drum so,
a razor sharp machete blade got dull
trying to open...

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Categories: ill starred, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful, christmas, earth, sister,
Form: Free verse
Ensued Precedent
Languor of the mind
I.	My, my, My how times flies.
        Another year has transpired.
        Yet, a City has not been revitalized to...

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Categories: ill starred, city, conflict, corruption, faith, hope, identity, image,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Star-Crossed
“The heaventree of stars” (in Ulysses as said Joyce)
“hung with humid nightblue fruit” (ah that Bloomian voice)
could evoke a masterpiece the world has come to know,
The Starry Night, so treasured now, by Vincent van Gogh…

In...

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Categories: ill starred, analogy, art, creation, fantasy, imagery, space, stars,
Form: Ekphrasis



The Witch and Her....
Oh love – 
What dire straits you have landed in…
What great peril, what curse lies, 
Heaped upon your innocent lamb’s skull 
You were born under an unlucky star, 
Poor unsuspecting slaughter-house soul,
And here am I...

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Categories: ill starred, angst, devotion, imaginationdeath, death, love,
Form: Free verse
Adversity
I shed a lot of silent tears last night
Tensed greatly I was at my ill-starred plight
My vigor was deteriorating
My exuberance diminishing
Life sucked out of my soul I was dearly wishing
So many obstacles, so many hurdles...

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Categories: ill starred, inspirational, war, heart, depression, future, heart, war,
Form: Lyric
Sunday Morning Delight
spider eater, gotta special bond 
spider-eating, one by one 
feel them squish on the tongue 
love the taste of the numbing venom 

cockroach eater, one under thumb 
roach-eating, oh what utter fun 
crawling around inside...

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© Val Murah  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ill starred, art, death, food, mystery, me, me, red,
Form: Free verse
Life Sleeps
Your gaze hindered by the fading of our hearts. 
Darkness consoles my soul,
malformed monsters swept into my lofty room.
Remorse all about me.
Anguish dwells where love use to lie,
shrouded by the darkness,
ravished hearts dissolve in tears.
Sweet...

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Categories: ill starred, depression, forgiveness, girlfriend-boyfriend, loss, lost love, love,
Form: Elegy
Necromancer
I appear with the unbegotten 
 In the hollows of the seen 
 A shadow of the soon forgotten 
 I enter through the dream

 Inhabiting the void 
 In the source of germ and...

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Categories: ill starred, mystery, mythology,
Form: Elegy

Book: Shattered Sighs