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Paris

...One glorious, sun-drenched, thirsty December day,
I sat, numbed with the agedness of a visitor, and
Fumed eloquently with joy for the benefit of the
Seine – the ointment of Paris.
Somewhere along...

If I Should Pass Away Tonight

...If I should pass away tonight, my dear
Thou shalt sing no tragic songs for me
Afraid I'd never again come to hear
That voice of thine that touched my heart's decree

Must thou not waste even a s...

Traitorous Eye by Charles d’Orleans translation

...French poems by Charles d’Orleans in modern English translations by Michael R. Burch



Traitorous Eye
by Charles d’Orleans
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Traitorous ey...

Splintered Sunlight

...Step into splintered sunlight
broken beams flash
across bare, silhouetted flesh.

Above
Father-Sun forever scintillates,
a deep and ancient ember,
giving ceaselessly to all
wanting nothing in...

Sarabande on reaching the age of eighty-five

...Everything needs a rest- the machine - a  mirror-  an 
    astronomical chart or graph- a sometimes glass?. 
 Like the fun even though dynamo elsewhen or blue 
  or black- glee elsewhere or G- cla...

Forever Farewell

...
   The lock of auburn hair flipping one way
      then another over his smooth forehead
   bearing the proud visage of youth undaunted
      by vistas only dimly perceived… 

   His portfolio ...

Dead of Fall

...

Dead of Fall

In gathering storm clouds, Fall whispers its dread, 
Cold tendrils coil, as life's colors shed. 
Once vibrant hues, now wilt and fade, 
As darkness creeps in, a cold, si...

In Darkness and Death

...In the silent, shadowed halls of night,
Where whispers dance with ghostly light,
Lies the realm where death does tread,
A sovereign land, where all fear to head.

Cloaked in darkness, a figure s...

Grasp my hand, and your heart shall trail

...Grasp my hand, and your heart shall trail,
Autumn drapes her scarf of flame o'er the trees sublime.
Beneath our canopy of stars, we shall render each tale,
In the hue of love, forever and for alwa...

After a Storm

...
The day after a storm
shades the skies in blackness,
shoutings of rain subside
in the blueness of day
where puffy clouds reside.

The day after a storm
quenches the scorched, sere ea...

Sere

...
sere
summer
languishes,
encouraging
anticipated,
tempestuous.
blusterous
autumn
rain...

The Cruise

...Written: September 08, 2023
Bite Size Poem No71                                Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
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On dista...

Esperance

...
“The Autumn is old; The sere leaves are flying; He hath gathered up gold, And now he is dying…Old age, begin sighing.”- Thomas Hood


In the amber hues, kissed by scarlet
Soothing w...

Ready Aim Fire

...Ready...Aim...Fire!

In light of tension twixt
brinkmanship rumbling one
East Asian Tiger
country otherwise known as
"the land of morning calm,"
yours truly t'will invite 
"freedom foo fighte...

Couldn'T Wouldn'T Shouldn'T

...couldn't wouldn't shouldn't
can't won't shan't
deeply rooted like a tree plant
not free as the butterfly
winging gracefully into the sky
or the honeybee
gathering nectar to feed
from flower to...

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