Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks I
..."Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two lines down."
And they all watche...
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Categories:
rheims, crazy, funny, giggle, howl,
Form: Limerick
Joan of Arc Memorials
...I used to live in France, near the Champagne region.
My favorite Notre Dame cathedral is not the one in Paris;
Rather it is Notre Dame de Rheims.
After many battles, Jeanne D'Arc helped the Daup...
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Categories:
rheims, christian, hero, history, inspiration,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Virgin Maid of Orleans, Translation of Paul Verlaine's La Pucelle
...The Virgin Maid of Orleans, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s La Pucelle
To Robert Caze*
Even as the blaze crackled around the stake’s pyre,
Joan was deafened by the clergy’s brutal chanting,
Har...
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Categories:
rheims, betrayal,
Form: Sonnet