Through a Tiffany Window
...USPS Stamps Contest 7-24-25 Stamp Chosen American Treasures Louis Comfort Tiffany 2006 Tiffany believed stained glass was a spiritual experience.
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Categories:
roundels, art, beauty, morning,
Form: Ekphrasis
Behold, Christ Stands
... two roundels
to commemorate the US National Day of Prayer, May 5, 2022
Theme: Exalt the Lord Who Has Established Us
Behold, Christ stands, forgiving sin.
Walk with Him - exalt ou...
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Categories:
roundels, 11th grade, appreciation, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
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")
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Categories:
roundels, art, beauty, heart, repetition,
Form: Roundel
Mommy, Let's Go Ride Maxwell
...two roundels
“Mommy, let’s go ride Maxwell, Don’t say no again.”
My son has named ev’ry horse on the carousel.
“We will go soon!”, I promised but I don’t know when.
“Mommy, let’s go ride Maxwel...
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Categories:
roundels, 11th grade, horse, son,
Form: Rhyme
Medieval Poems
...Medieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer las...
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Categories:
roundels, allegory, bible, christian, england,
Form: Verse
Oft In My Thought: Charles D'Orleans Translation
...Oft in My Thought
by Charles D'Orleans
translation by Michael R. Burch
So often in my busy mind I sought,
Around the advent of the fledgling year,
For something pretty that I really ought
To ...
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Categories:
roundels, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Roundel
Geoffrey Chaucer Translations
...Three Roundels by Geoffrey Chaucer
I. Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
translation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
the...
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Categories:
roundels, beauty, death, england, heart,
Form: Roundel
Cities of Sonnets
...It was tantalizing, sweet completion
Lines of blue ink filling white space
Tastes of emotions, colors of consonants
Music of vowels, syllables singing
To create, and satiate
Then, time thinned...
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Categories:
roundels, appreciation, creation, journey, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Naming of the Parts
...For those of a military cast of mind
There are many poems they can find
Which do embellish battlefield glory
In the telling of their story.
But for me there is another field of play
Where mer...
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Categories:
roundels, me, passion,
Form: Rhyme