Ukrainian Poetry Translations 2 by Michael R Burch
...Love in Kyiv
by Natalka Bilotserkivets
translation by Michael R. Burch
Love is more terrible in Kyiv
than spectacular Venetian passions,
than butterflies morphing into bright tapers–
winged c...
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Categories:
secretarial, funeral, love, sad, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Manhattan madness
...TS Eliot said, “Paris is a strong stimulant.”
It is - but it has nothing on Manhattan.
If Paris is a Café Crème espresso at a café-en-terrasse under the stars.
Manhattan is a ‘Black Tie Bawls’ coc...
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Categories:
secretarial, city, family, food, fun,
Form: Free verse
the grand masked ball
...We’re in Paris, staying with my Grandmère (Grandmother) for a few days around Mother’s day.
Peter (my bf) is getting to know my Grandmère. They’ve started to relax and enjoy each other. This time, w...
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Categories:
secretarial, boyfriend, fun, grandmother, mothers
Form: Free verse
The Face That Disappeared
...I was doing a six week placement
For work experience several years ago.
Would a secretarial career suit me?
This I would soon know.
I was often alone in the office.
I wanted to give of my best...
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Categories:
secretarial, funny, work,
Form: Rhyme
Mr T Interviewed On Letterman
...I'm a very impatient guy
I'm squeezing this little ball
It really makes me mad
My middle name is period, last name T
I'm a full-time bodyguard
Secretarial work is out
I look from this to the...
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Categories:
secretarial, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Secretarial Race Car Ballerina
...I wished I was a race car driver,
but it took money, and I never had enough.
And women did not do it back in the day,
and now I get so many jollies racing other
idiots on the freeway, I have my r...
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Categories:
secretarial, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Ballad
The Authors Book
...Metatron’s secretarial skills, translating, recording Akashic; a vigilant worker, indeed!
Every soul is an author; the greatest literary compendium, the book of life, is written by all so...
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Categories:
secretarial, angel, god, heaven, introspection,
Form: Prose
Meanest Man I Have Ever Met
...On my get acquainted interview when Mr. Rivers told me he wanted the other counselor, not me, and he had invited her to help him say this I suspected he was a hate-everybody-and-especially-you guy.
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Categories:
secretarial, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Dreaming
...She elegantly walked thru the corridor, clipboard clutched to her chest,
Of all the days at uni, this certainly had to be the best.
Tall and slender, with rich, red hair. Walking past, teasing. To...
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Categories:
secretarial, dream,
Form: Rhyme