Long Old english Poems
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Love Poems IiiLOVE POEMS III by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating, relationships, devotion and marriage.
Violets
by Michael R. Burch
Once, only once,
when the wind flicked your skirt
to...
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old english, desire, devotion, love, lust, marriage, passion, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval Poems IiMedieval Poems
Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
We are so different!
Wulf's on one island; I'm on...
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Categories:
old english, angel, england, love, middle school, poetry, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval Poems IvMedieval Poems IV
IN LIBRARIOS
by Thomas Campion
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Booksellers laud authors for novel editions
as pimps praise their whores for exotic positions.
Brut (circa 1100 AD, written by Layamon, an excerpt)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R....
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Categories:
old english, angel, mother, romance, romantic, rose, roses are
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Rhyme
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
old english, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Medieval Poems IiiMedieval 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:
old english, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
I Have Labored Sore TranslationI Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I have labored sore / and suffered death,
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...
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Categories:
old english, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Salvage
"Salvage"
Salvage the fixating salvation
unfurling from the wreckage
of a numb world twisted inside
treasure climbs swimming
the ladder from the deep of all things
reaching upwards travelling in a new time
of melting morpheme moments overlapping
dissolved...
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Categories:
old english, muse, paradise, poets,
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Romanticism
Chaucer Translation: RejectionRejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds your mercy by a chain.
I'm guiltless, yet my sentence has...
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Categories:
old english, beauty, french, heart, innocence, nature, pride, women,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval Poems VMedieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never initiates anything marvelous,
never succeeds, and dies alone.
2.
The late-deed-doer delays glory-striving,
never indulges daring dreams,
never succeeds,...
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Categories:
old english, earth, england, love, middle school, poems, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Chaucer Translation: Merciless BeautyMerciles 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:
old english, beauty, heart, relationship, romance, romantic, romantic love,
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Roundel
Winter Awakens My CareWinter Awakens My Care
anonymous Middle English poem, circa 1300
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters my thought:
regarding this world's joy,
how everything...
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Categories:
old english, angst, england, joy, sorrow, tree, weather, winter,
Form:
Couplet
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English LanguageTranslations 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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old english, england, poems, poetry, poets, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
old english, destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Shaggy Dog Limericks: the All-Time Best -- Vote For Your FavoriteThe Spaniel
A Spaniel that uses its head
Can tell when its owner’s unfed
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck
Will deliver a pizza instead
The Afghan Hound
The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s...
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old english, animal, cat, cute, dog, fun, humor, pets,
Form:
Limerick
A Weird Word Is Wyrd:The word Wyrd is Old English and means 'destiny'. From the same root comes Urd, one of the Norns, and the Germanic words Werth, Warth, and Wurth, which mean 'become'. The root word means 'to...
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Categories:
old english, mythology,
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Narrative
The Rhyming Poem - Part IThe Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem
Old English Poem (i.e., Anglo-Saxon Poem) from the Exeter Book, ca. 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
He who granted me life created this sun
and...
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old english, england, literature, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rhyming Poem - Part IiThe Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem and The Riming Poem - Part II
anonymous Old English Poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
He who granted me life created this...
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old english, england, literature, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and StrengthMy ebbing physical prowess and strength
noticeably decreases in one direction.
I take lock, stock and barrel
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his...
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Categories:
old english, 12th grade, adventure, age, angst, atheist, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation: Ech Day Me Cometh Tydinges ThreEch day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...
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Categories:
old english, angst, anxiety, death, depression, england, fear, sorrow,
Form:
Couplet
Different Strokes: Echo Poem 2The Rosy Lay*
Ready for a kiss did sun rise,
gleaming, shimmering in the April sky,
had set to bloom bouquets of love,
a rose among them caught my eye...
And made me notice for the...
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Categories:
old english, april, love,
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Rhyme
Summer Sun In WinterWhat is winter in Jamaica like?
When you were shivering the entire night
What is winter in Jamaica like?
When you have no heating all night
Couples bundle up underneath the covers
Trying to keep each other warm
But the...
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Categories:
old english, absence, appreciation, beautiful, city, confidence, faith, happiness,
Form:
Narrative
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and StrengthI take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his Macbook Pro
today February 20, 2021.
Since January thirteenth of this year
(two thousand and...
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Categories:
old english, 12th grade, confusion, courage, death, depression, desire,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ruin In a Modern English TranslationTHE RUIN
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus sagged inward...
broad battlements broken;
the Builders' work battered;
the high ramparts toppled;
tall...
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Categories:
old english, destiny, eulogy, fate, gothic, history, horror, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
The Spitfire>I must be honest, being new to this poetry, I do not understand half the terms describing types of poems, hence you will see a lot of, ' I do not know,' At...
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Categories:
old english, appreciation, beach, cool, courage, history, thanksgiving, world
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I do not know?
Christmas Souvenira Christmas card’s a little thing
so much~ a loving wish to bring
but still my Christmas souvenir you’ll take
in kindness, for the giver’s sake
The first known item that looked a bit like a Christmas card was...
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Categories:
old english, christmas,
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Rhyme