Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - English translations by Michael R Burch II
...The Fisher
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
translation by Michael R. Burch
The river swirled and rippled;
nearby an angler lay,
and watched his lure with a careless eye,
like any other day.
Bu...
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Categories:
resistless, dream, moon, river, song,
Form: Rhyme
The Steps of Time
...Chill the north-east air
On the bravest cheek
Though the March sun sifts
Through the clouding sheet
As if winter fights
The advancing spring,
While the daffodils dance
In the darting breeze!
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Categories:
resistless, change, christian, creation, daffodils,
Form: Blank verse
Seductive Nights
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I first scoped your ass
then moved up your chest
staring, my thoughts so clear
It could touch your breasts.
My heart pulsated
as with rhythmic muse
you were naked ...
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Categories:
resistless, emotions, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Tea Time
...In the morning's tender light, a whisper soft,
A wake-up call, as dawn's embrace aloft.
A kettle hums, a ritual, time to unwind,
Strong ginger tea, with milk entwined.
The aroma, a symphony of ...
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Categories:
resistless, family,
Form: Rhyme
Each Day And Every Day
...Resistless, sweet chirping of the first bird at my window
That resembles the quenchless, quest-filled divine vocation.
The dew and the sun that sweeps it are in a friendly show.
Truths, in the for...
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Categories:
resistless, creation, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
The Conqueror Wants To Be Conquered
...Forgive the beastliness
As born with, earth-sired;
Charges, unchallenged, thereaft
Conditioned, earth-mired.
Woman, soft eyed, soft voiced
Know this, pitieously
What each such, a man at heart...
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Categories:
resistless, men,
Form: Rhyme
Choice-Wise
...Annette Arnold had recently left college
And was thrust into flimsy dating realms;
She grabbed pen and paper to describe
Top-choice dude of her fanciest dreams.
Dashingly handsome and of comp...
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Categories:
resistless, allegory, allusion, boyfriend, cute,
Form: Rhyme
Providence
...The wondering question of life it seems,
or the missing link of forgotten dreams.
Highlights of careless joys as leap,
when the soul feels the strain in deep.
The resistless hour always on the mo...
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Categories:
resistless, 12th grade, self,
Form: Ballade
Lilac Orbs
...Words silent turn at the melodic tunes
Oozing from the lush lilts of your eyes;
Telling of stung lover’s anthems warm,
Of the rapt poet whose scribbling dies.
Windows into realms old lyricists...
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Categories:
resistless, allusion, angel, color, cute,
Form: Rhyme
Beau Ideal
...Nectared graces overwhelming must
Underline your pulse-halting charms;
Utopian opal spelt by honeyed terms,
Resistless pearl cased in mortal dust.
Fair-miened nymphs kings did melt;
But such...
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Categories:
resistless, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Infliction In Action
...INFLICTION IN ACTION
Infliction silent or sonorous,
disguised or detectable
run parallel with journey of life.
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Categories:
resistless, childhood, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
The Complaint Part 2
...The pageantries of mighty kings to us were shows that mattered not,
Beneath the shade of blades unsheathed in Kalima we glory sought.
Our only life was then to face the perils of Your Holy wars;
T...
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Categories:
resistless, allah, faith,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Mustang Horse
...A pure breed horse worth value
When pureblood doesn't mix out of its kind
A kind of horse which lives within the wilderness
It's known to be the leader of its herd
When it runs in front of the re...
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Categories:
resistless, animal, beauty, race,
Form: Free verse
The Willow Tree
...The Willow Tree
stands by the water,
not the tallest,
never stronger -
Than mighty pines
and oaks that grow
taller and live
longer
Yet flexible her
branches, her
swaying limbs as the
wind ...
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Categories:
resistless, nature, storm,
Form: Verse
Men and Their Hearts
...I, writer
All a fluster
Men, for my sake
Nail your hearts with a stake.
Or if that leads you discontented
Take you praises you invented
And shove them where no sunshine rises
Never to return their...
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Categories:
resistless, funny, love, satire, me,
Form: Acrostic
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