Long Rhymed couplets Poems

Veronica Franco translations

Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.

Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I) 
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

"I resolved to make a virtue of...

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Translation of Kendji Girac and Claudio Capeo's Que Dieu me pardonne by T Wignesan 

Lyrics by Kendji Girac and Renaud REBILLAUD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2jp31jFMc

(The two young French songsters' duet, now, yo-yo-ing in the upper echelons of c-Star...

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When the American flag waved bravely, for women it did not FURL.
However, many bold and determined women have changed the WORLD.

I am a proud bother of 8 sisters;
Two of whom are older and 6 are...

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Tribute to “The Day Before You Came” * by Bjorn              
in the first 1982 ABBA version 


The day before yesterday 
You came...

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I spied him by the road at rest, 
one scarred and marked by battle's test.
He bore great countenance of life,
this ancient warrior worn from strife.
His vestments lay shed 'neath an oak,
thick muscled frame and tunic's...

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We Lift Up Our Lord   free verse    Security

We lift up our eyes to the One whose throne is in heaven,
the eyes of servants looking to the face of their Master.
Eyes...

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Undressing you with my fiery gaze 
Coloring my lips red in your praise

This cold spring
                breezy
    ...

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~ My Fellow* Americans ~   
 (Regarding Presidential Elections)

Let us amend the Constitution
so we can find a fitting solution
for every election where the selection
  of any candidate means indigestion

Here is what I...

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I'd find nirvana, if I could,
  on distant coast by lapping bay,
  far from all strain of daunting day.

Sustain no drama, as I should,
  an ataraxis of my mind
  that is...

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The great outdoors affords the chance
   to stretch my limbs, let down my guard,
   put up a hammock in the yard.

In summertime to leave the manse
   feels good with...

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Someone perusing all the lines I penned
before this century would surely say
that I held sacred five iambic feet,
that quatrains and rhymed couplets were my stay!

It seemed my mind was programmed to create
four lines per stanza,...

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MY GARDEN

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My glorious, gratifying, garden!
Self-sufficient, my resolve must harden!
Learn to cultivate, carefully, cabbages.
Lettuce, beetroot and bright red radishes.
Onions are sliced special, simple salad.
Hot summer days, tasty, glad we had it!
Next fabulous, fresh fruit followed, fat...

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rhymed couplets

Advice from the oldest in the pasture,
former race horse, derby grandmaster.

We are not losers let loose in the fields;
we horses tell how effortless "wild" feels

No jockeys here, no brutal whips.
No metal bar between my...

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Someone perusing all the lines I penned
before this century would surely think
I must have signed a contract to produce
just poems with the strictest rhyming schemes!

It seemed my mind was programmed to create
rhymed couplets or a-b-c-b...

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Inspired by the form Suzette shared.

Clothes are washed in the machine
Left behind a stain

My mental load is rinsed through
Does not remove pain

Description of form by Suzette Richards
Poetic form: Coin poem

COIN POEM
The Coin poem is a...

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