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A Night Out at the Carnival

...Under the inky façade of the night sky,
With reluctant steps, I joined the stream of men
Flowing to the place of the great celebration.

A huge crowd was already there in the temple p...

I Am Sorry

...
It was never my intention,
not a conscious decision,
to cause you any level of grief.
Our give and take wasn’t as envisioned.
Blindly, I let you fall between my gaps.

It’s not ri...

Sacrifice

...Sacrifice

I was one of many on the Mount of Olives and
every year produced batches of black olives.
Sweet and black, my olives were prized near and far and
my owner would always brag about his ...

Between Deadlines

...It all started with a project,
Though it wasn’t really mine to begin.
I thought I’d play a minor part,
Yet there I was, roped in—entangled within.

One task led to a series,
Replaceable once, b...

Bearing of Blitheness

...
Blitheness bears itself boldly by day, 
Surmounting the summit of separative sufferance. 
Ridges and ranges below bow in adoring array,
Where homage is payed to the uprising utterance. 

Blith...

Sappho Translations XIV

...Sappho Translations XIII by Michael R. Burch

In these translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if they are used i...

Sappho Translations VII

...Sappho Translations VI by Michael R. Burch


Sappho, fragment 52
translation by Michael R. Burch

Yesterday,
you came to my house
to sing for me.

Today,
I come to you
to return the favor...

Seeking Sinner Meets Searching Savior

...There was a man of stature small,
but ranked by wealth, he stood so tall.
He laid on them a taxing yoke
So, he was hated by the town folk.

In Jericho, he built his home,
but on its streets, he...

Emotions

...I, am bounded by emotions
But I refuse to be reduced.
Inside of me they revolve
The combination,
Let me mention.

How much they cause confusion.
When fear connects with anger
I swear, I am he...

Death of will power

...Death is destined to end life
Yet, it's death that brought eternal life
When man had a worthless life,
Death conceived significances to life

The one who created wealth and life for human
The p...

Nature's Mimes

...I was a celebrated, dramatic mime artist, an art developed in ancient Greece;
I took folks on flights of imagination, like cushy, butterscotch clouds of fleece.

So beloved was this art ca...

Three Legged Table

...Unity of the Trinity in Christianity
The Triune Allah-Jesus-Mary concept of Islam
The Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva... one with the humanity
All amalgamate into sole wholeness and grand great charm...
 
I...

Love In Berlin

...Rome was always a playground for me,
Where lovely girls thronged around the streets:
The Fontana dei Trevi where people threw coins
Hoping they would revisit enchanting Rome,
Or on the Spanish st...

Contributions An Open Form

...CONTRIBUTIONS
  airless
yesteryears
egregarious
 wearisome
 awaits
credulity
enthroned
to
 convey
a
populust
niche
as
floating
dross
 enamelled
&
replicated

a
pedestrian
 precu...

Mural

...Once almost a little village
Within the city’s bounds,
Huddled around the fish dock
With its own smells and sounds,
Streets of rows of terraces
All well kept and neat,
Pride shining through
Ev...

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