Rood Poems - Poems about Rood

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 Mich...

Second Childhood

...I am a child again 
I know no loss or gain 
Oft oblivious of pain
Till I  conscious regain. 

Do I wake or sleep, 
I see the stars weep
As they crackers peep,
Am I awake or asleep?

I giggl...

At the Beach

...M-me   S-stranger

M-watt he say
dat vogonese
b-4 he flu away
deep-sea me, deep-sea me
thot dat at lease
i new vogonese
hee-haw-why-yen me
knot no vogonese
under-neat da kokomo tree
thot i...

Spring Not All Sunshine

...Springtime is more than just flowers and sun.
April is drenched, and bees will have much fun.
Swarming insects frighten with bites and harm. 
A staining sludge swamp and stinky silt fa...

The Rood

...In church he longed for the rood
Which forced him to act so rude
The crucifix he wants
In his thoughts he flaunts
To escape and not be pursued...

Likeness Ssenekil: Part 1

...*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 1

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

He'll heal his heel.
They sow so they sew...

Woven As One

...Each of us comes with a story
of how we found this community;
	a place to turn to 
where we are heard and held.

Each of our stories is woven
into the fabric of belonging;
	folded together
to...

Three Crosses

...One cross 
Left side 
Silent bore the shame of cursed 
Guilt, with scant remorse and no 
Small scoff 
Unfearful of 
Dying breath. 

Middle rood 
Central one 
Focus of the centuries ...

Covid Lament

... Inspired by the Psalms
at Holy Rood House trauma training day. 

God in Jesus you suffered alone on the cross,
bearing blame, isolated, alone.

How can we understand this virus that s...

Have You Ever Thanked

...Have you stepped out bare footed?
In the rood full of pebbles,
sometimes hot pitched and 
sometimes glass rooted?

Have you watched them play?
Wishing to have someone to care,
with fear at nig...

The Crucifix

...The Crucifixion Of the Christ

Lo and behold, on this rood
On it once lay a great sacrifice
Of God’s only Beloved son
With his blood spilt on the wood
He washed away every vice
The cuf...

Detour

...Tim was a poet but lost for words as he pondered the meaning of the cross

Sat by the road side of his inner world and wondered which way to proceed

His bones were weary his skin was parched the...

A Pinch of Grinch

...Yikes, all I feel is attitude with zero Christmas mood.
Blessed am I for Jesus’ birth and sacrificial rood,
but Santa and his deer had best just skip our roof
or I might very well rage out on ever...

The Crossroad Prayer

...Wont you carry me through this darkness, Lord,
won't you flood me with your light?
Won't you guide me along this narrow road,
won't you show me what is right?
Won't you scratch my hardened surfac...

A Homophonic Incident of Her Life

...A Homophonic Incident of  Her Life 

It’s knot a ferry tail butt an incident of a pour girl’s life, weather you believe it or knot. Hare goose the tail—

She war a guys and one
ate plane idle wi...

• Short Rood Poems
• Famous Rood Poems
• Best Rood Poems
• Read Rood Poems
• Long Rood Poems
• Rood Quotes