Roundels Poems - Poems about Roundels

... Showered with petals, long since gone, Silk cloth exchanged for armour strong, The transparent walls imprison souls, No heart or living thought consoled. Our presence blurred in mirrors c......Read the rest...

... 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......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...