CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief,
and have thus abandoned the learned virgi...
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Categories:
lxv, brother, death, death of
Form: Free verse
Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism
...Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism
Psyche wracked with agony
impossible mission to extricate lovely bones
they wanna remain permanently abed.
I chiefly function to amass knowled...
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Categories:
lxv, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I lacked emotions where others concerned
...Back approximately half my life ago
dissociative disorder
if qualified to self diagnose
mein kampf psychological state...
I lacked emotions where others concerned.
That refrain replayed it...
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Categories:
lxv, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
February 13th, 2023 old man winter gave a one two punch
...February 13th, 2023 - old man winter gave a one...two punch
Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such 24/7 round the clock whether coverage
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Categories:
lxv, abortion, abuse, age, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
...Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
Ever since a young lad
irritable bowel syndrome
in my humble pinion wracked
lower abdominal area
gurgled and ballooned gastrointes...
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Categories:
lxv, 9th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
January 13th 2024 Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
...January 13th 2024 - Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, emi...
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Categories:
lxv, age, appreciation, birthday, celebration,
Form: Free verse
If Ever I Had a Country : Lxiv and Lxv
...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXIV - LXV
NOTE (facts to bear in mind while reading) : Under the French Penal Code, harm done to the infirm, minors and seniors (i.e. over 65) is punishable up to f...
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Categories:
lxv, allegory, anti bullying, corruption,
Form: Dramatic Monologue