Rondel Poems

I Found Her Heartbroken

I found her spirit heartbroken;
she needed someone who would listen.
Her hot tears made my own eyes glisten 
as on and on she labored, outspoken.

In time, her story would in part, soak in;
she wanted her baby to be christened.
I found her spirit heartbroken;
she needed someone who would listen.

A neighbor’s harsh words had woken
her to the fact,

The Flipside Rondel

The flip side of a stinging bee,
an exquiste honey jar spell.
A North Florida storm befell
her city like fierce fantasy.

Tender morsels sensitively
took control of a wishing well.
An exquiste honey jar spell,
the flip side of a stinging bee. 

Covered all over so sweetly,
birdsong now unable to yell. 
Urban magic hits personal,
it cannot land delicately. 
The flip side

Instant Connection Star Wars Tribute Rondel

With a ‘May the Force be with you.’
we have an instant connection. 
Bespin’s a welcome distraction,
right through the asteroids they flew.

We’re members of the Falcon’s crew,
each essential to it’s function.
With a  ‘May the Force be with you.’
we have an instant connection.

Multiplex, drive-in, the whole slew.
Say it fierce, there’s no objection.
Other films? No competition. 
You

Sunrays Rondel

Every day is getting longer,
find your natural remedy;
Bathe in sunshine and the sea,
run with spontaneous thunder;

A flush is dragging you under, 
leading you to serenity;
Every day is getting longer,
find your natural remedy;

Intensity has gone darker, 
it happens almost too slowly;
Always returning faithfully,
poetic sunrays grow stronger;
Every day is getting longer.

Blistered Anger Rondel

Grateful for my blistered anger
propelled by a tolerance break;
Awe can put an end to slander
when it’s about all you can take;

Most of the time I curb dander,
often it’s gone with a handshake;
Grateful for my blistered anger
propelled by a tolerance break;

Mashed up processes meander
leaking out into fists that shake;
Some may be slow on the uptake 
trying

A Sardanapalian Brand Rondel

Just languishing in la la land
holding on with the tightest grip;
That mundane day is such a trip,
ignoring a good time is banned;

A severe lifestyle becomes fanned
with the start of a grande courtship;
Just languishing in la la land
holding on with the tightest grip;

At no time knowing where you stand 
can cause what is stable to slip;
You

A Soft Translation Rondel

In sprechgesang the woman spoke,
she hoped for a soft translation;
While she sought to relieve tension,
that feeling inside of her woke;

Her warm smile wore a foreign cloak
which veiled an obscure emotion;
In sprechgesang the woman spoke,
she hoped for a soft translation;

Every ounce of self control broke
wandering through this delusion;
A clear mind can end confusion,
provide a path through

Chaucer Translation: Welcome Summer

Welcome, Summer
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Now welcome, Summer, with your sun so soft,
since you’ve banished Winter with her icy weather
and driven away her long nights’ frosts.
Saint Valentine, in the heavens aloft,
the songbirds sing your praises together!

Now welcome, Summer, with your sun so soft,
since you’ve banished Winter with her icy weather.

We have good

Where Your Behavior Led Rondel

Look at where your behavior led,
to the candles in my bedroom;
Close enough to smell my perfume;
Come, tear into this silken thread;

You may use the nickname instead,
I tend to call it a playroom;
Look at where your behavior led,
to the candles in my bedroom;

Wax dripping where it’s intended,
your glow on me turns to a plume;
Ready to give

Reeling And Congealing Rondel

I crave the quiet not the dark,
filled with such a heavy feeling;
The silence so overwhelming 
always obliterates that spark;

This ship you can’t disembark,
even as your mind’s left reeling;
I crave the quiet not the dark,
filled with such a heavy feeling;

On my psyche it’s left it’s mark,
vital blood begins congealing;
As I stare up at the ceiling,
I crave

My Faint Ray of Sun

Like the faint ray of sun on an autumn day,
Thou alluring Josephus, bring all my warmth.
Trestles on trees crunch while the birds play;
And all the stars sparkle as if it was the fourth.

Crossing paths with displeasing actions,
Worrisome over my fleeting hereafter,
You are the calming force of my interactions.
The gracious beauty of mine rejoices in laughter.

Till

Stellar Rondel

A stellar sight delights the eyes
when comes the night from passing day
and ends sun’s starring matinée
with drama of the darkened skies.

The world assumes nocturnal guise
as songbirds hush their roundelay.
A stellar sight delights the eyes
when comes the night from passing day.

Will once again a sun arise
somewhere somehow so poets may
in other lyric rondels say
long after earthly

Lost Without You Rondel

Without your love, I’ll be forever
lost in a world of hurt and pain.
Without your love, what will I gain?
I’ll flow in life like a sad river.

Why can't we be again together?
Why can't we happily walk in the rain?
Without your love, I’ll be forever
lost in a world of hurt and pain.

Ah, all the memories that I

Rondels, Roundels and Rondeaux

Rondels, Roundels and Rondeaux

These are poetic forms similar to villanelles, with refrains (repeated lines) and sometimes double refrains.



Rondel: Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.

Unless your words heal me hastily,
my heart's wound will remain green;
for your eyes

Double Down -A Rondel For Donald Trump

A Rondel for Donald Trump

As those Fake News polls keep coming 'round
And their predictions drag you down,
Just face the music like a Man
Deny it all, the best you can:
Try to deny that deepening frown.

There is, alas, an ever-growing sound
A quiet voice ever gaining ground
That makes you grasp at each more desperate plan
To salvage your sinking

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