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Son Roundel Poems

These Son Roundel poems are examples of Roundel poems about Son. These are the best examples of Roundel Son poems written by international poets.

Laying a Soldier To Rest

Sagely silent woman half smiles
Man blathers on and on and on
Abject grief traveled many miles
Death has come to their precious son


Solemn church has six empty...

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Categories: soldier,

Charles D'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel

Charles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel


Spring
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and...

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Categories: art, autumn, french, prison,

Charles D'Orleans Translations

Spring
by Charles d'Orleans (c.1394-1465)
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and arcs,
like ecstatic sparks
struck from coal.

What...

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Categories: bereavement, depression, desire, heartbreak,

My Eternal Grief

The call came in the early morn,
To tell me that my son had died,
My son the only one I've borne.
My tears will fall forever more.

It...

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Categories: death, son,

a childhood memory -

Each afternoon my mom and I would walk
          Two miles along the old lake road to...

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Categories: appreciation, childhood, memory, mother

To Do the Right Thing Hurts

I know you'll never understand why I had
To send you away.
It was to protect you at all cost.
Every moment you were uppermost
In my mind. To...

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Categories: betrayal, conflict, confusion, courage,

Fall From Grace a Roundel

Before the beginning of time when Chaos ruled Hell and Night
Into the depths of this Cosmos, a Paradise, perfectly placed.
Above this darkness, a heaven drawn...

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Categories: bible, creation, evil, god,