Sidon Poems - Poems about Sidon

...You that I am not like other men--extortioners, or even like this tax collector. 'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess.' And the tax collector standing afar off, would not so much r......

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...Sappho Translations III by Michael R. Burch Bed the bride with the beautiful feet, or bring her to me! —Sappho, fragment 103b, translation by Michael R. Burch I long helplessly for love. Ga......

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...Poems for Poets X Poems about Poets X Sinking by Michael R. Burch for Virginia Woolf Weigh me down with stones ... fill all the pockets of my gown ... I’m going down, ......

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...We all know our Sodom to flee from And now I wish to include your rum: To you loaf of Bread but I know Crumb, Long minutes after a glassful dumb... You're now by God's Angels invaded For inter......

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...There were widows in Israel… It was to none of Humanthese that Elijah was sent, but only a widow in Zarephat in the land of Sidon. Again there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the......

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...Heat Lightening by Michael R. Burch Each night beneath the elms, we never knew which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance, then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up like searchlight......

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...Poems about Poets I The Wonder Boys by Michael R. Burch for Leslie Mellichamp The stars were always there, too-bright cliches: scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew as baffled poet......

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...These are my modern English translations of ancient Greek epigrams by Anacreon from the Anacreontea. Here he lies in state tonight: great is his Monument! Yet Ares cares not, neither does War re......

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...Athenian Epitaphs Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea. —Michael R. Burch, after Plato Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell? Only th......

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...A rare Arab and Asian identity which is distinct in topography; blessed with an excellent human resource in health services; its heart, destroyed and rebuilt seven different times; having ......

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...There is an orgy of fruit above our heads Delectable sweetness falls unto our beds We shall devour the sweetness so ripe and pure Tantalizing encounters, Angels so bright with amorous decor Inte......

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...Suddenly the royal mantle of life slips away It is evening, I gathering close the cosy cloak of daily ennui step out into the drizzle One grey raindrop for one stilled life The billions who came......

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