Omnes Poems - Poems about Omnes

A Whisper in the Dark

...(A holy man speaks in Latin)


Cito est illud tempus quo nemo non potest amplius currere et abscondere

Nullae altae cuniculis aut altis muris te servabunt

Deus enim venit in lucem, quam seme...

Categories: omnes, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

Martial Translation COQ AU VIN

...Martial Translations

Coq au vin (Cook or wine)
by Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are you merely an éclair to ...

Categories: omnes, addiction, drink, food, house,
Form: Epigram

Baby Born Today

...Numera omnes qui ingrediuntur hic omissa spe...
                           Abandon all hope all who enter here...

                           Slowly I enter...agonising pain
                     ...

Categories: omnes, dark, deep, destiny, life,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Lay of the Best Man - Part 3

...Ask your friend, neighbour or even a stranger newly-met
Have they ever been damaged by a ‘trust’ ….now turned ‘regret’?
Most men, if not all, have fashioned their character on personal experience
...

Categories: omnes, abuse, corruption, earth, i
Form: Lay

Bellum Omium Contra Omnes

...I hold sons in my belly, rotten flesh to sate
Dun bricks scattered crumbs arouse
Scorched meat, the scent, an irresistible bait
Peeling, putrid, mangled: a pleasant browse
Clean, gleaming, skin s...

Categories: omnes, war
Form: Sonnet

Departure Lounge

...Who is seeing off whom,
In home,hospital or Hell,
Visiting you in your sick room,
Knowing you won't get well?

In that space 'twixt life and death
You linger,time running out of sand,
All word...

Categories: omnes,
Form: Rhyme