Maidens Poems - Poems about Maidens

Welsh Winter : englyn

     weathering Wales in bleak winter is hard
 
though starred sheep remain sleek

taverns roaring fires a feat
 
making Celtic maidens sweet 

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Nessie

O yon Loch Ness Monster
is come out of the lake
through all the wide border
his tail left a wake
and save his fire-breathing
he weapons had none
he swam all unharmed
and fair maidens he won
so faithful in love
yet so very messy
there never was wee beastie 
like the young dragon Nessie

(With apologies to Sir Walter Scott)

Medieval Poetry Translations VII by Michael R Burch

These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and/or Middle English.


The Maiden’s Song aka The Bridal Morn
anonymous Medieval lyric
translation by Michael R. Burch

The maidens came to my mother’s bower.
I had all I would, that hour.

  The bailey beareth the bell away;
  The lily, the rose, the rose I lay.

Now silver

Soap of Heart

Soap of my  heart somewhere far but near my heart,
Oh! Grand daughter and daughter of some African
                       Kings,
A soap is used to remove dirty on the body but many
People spoke that you are capable

A Fair Maidens Knight In Flannel Pajamas

When snows beset slippers upon the feet,
and draw tears of pain upon reddened cheek.
Thoughts of former boots instill chilled notions,
that will call for future healing potions.
Someone asks of you, "what were you thinking?"
you answer with shivers between blinking.
"I must track this wet to the farmers' fare,
for my beloved a fine meal to share."
"She is demanding

Maidens

Maidens

                                    like dreaming buds,

                

Maidens of March

Green maidens from the church of March
Ride gentle over northern gusts
Upon a misty rainbow arch

Their mossy robes of clouds adjust
In frost tipped moonbeam's yellow glow
To pollinate with pixie dust

Where thawing rivers stir and flow
As lilac icicles are made
And shamrocks grow through thinning snow

Where icy glories drifting, fade
The sculptured swords of silver kings
Melting in shades of

The Maidens Beauty

He was thunderstruck by the maiden’s beauty,
It was love for the knave upon first sight.
To her parents she had an enormous duty,
To maintain their honor, integrity bright.

She was truly gorgeous with petite height.
He was thunderstruck by the maiden’s beauty.
Wanted to marry her with all of his might.
Her reputation was in no way soiled or sooty.

Her

Poor Maidens

The sun is rising in the Eastern sky,
its rays cutting the early morning mist.
To shine on the inky black waters cried, 
by fallen maidens to an unjust fist 

Why have they been beaten so hard they break. 
Causing such pain and sorrow as to cry,
for an eternity to spawn a lake. 
Not seen by night

Buried Maidens

for SeamusHeaney
			      1939-2013
			
			A flap of wings
			and agitated rustlings
			in the darkness
			jar forth protective prayers
			for mice and voles
			and winks of thought
			that barely lit
			on the page of day

			before the sky’s hunger
			pitched down-devouring
			as if commissioned by
			some cleansing spirit
			to sweep away all evidence
			that these girls had lived,
			had sipped dew from buds
			or feasted on a wind-born

Some Elderly, Glamorous, Hollywood Maidens

Some elderly, glamorous, Hollywood maidens
Gathered at the meeting in "mourning clothes."
O, poor creatures with sudden recollections,
About losing their maiden honour. Supposed.

Maidens and Castles

Maidens and Castles….. 5/23/11

What seems like a lifetime ago has suddenly become a not so distant memory, time has a certain shortness to it these days.
Once forever was a concept to far ahead to grasp let alone understand, now life has defined itself into days a constant ticking losing precious minutes. 

Beginnings the past a

Maidens Lament

Maiden's Lament


Rewinding the memories of angst lost, broken
Our souls make solemn demands against our hearts

Thoughts uneasy, shattered, remembering time's lies
Deliver us, reluctant, unto today's reckoning revealed

Believing yet another, today's promise is unspoken
Love and solace abound in time of yesterday's pain

Maiden enthralled within, peace is found upon the mist
Innocence remains for the chosen, pain forbidden now

Living

The Nkporo Maidens

The Nkporo Maidens 
Are waiting down the great street
Of perfection to be crowd with 
Love for their honourable deeds


I watched them danced yesterday
At the Agbala with their bangles 
and jewelries.
Their breast stood in happiness
Later Each began to go up and down
In salute to the Audience
Their bodies answering the call of their feelings
Their were spirited in

A Maidens Tale

Many, many moons ago
when the world was young
people were nomads
carefully moving from place to place
this was the age of dinosaurs
a need for caution
mighty eruptions occurred daily
causing large cracks
that swallowed up camps and people

A time when your only thought was
could you make it through another day?
vegetation that was huge
giant Venus fly traps
that could eat you whole
lush

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