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The Hall of Cynddylan translation by Michael R Burch

...“Stafell Gynddylan” (“The Hall of Cynddylan”) belongs to the cycle of Welsh englyn or englynion (three-line stanzas) traditionally called “Canu Heledd” (“The Song of Heledd”). 

The Welsh “dd” is p...

A Poet's Penance

...She smiled
An ambient temperature smile
At best
A torqued acknowledgement.

The paper shrieked
Eraser burn and frustration
Testing the limits
Of its tortured muse.

Again
Words kissed the ...

Ongepatshket Torqued Skewed Reflection

...Ongepatshket torqued skewed reflection

drawn courtesy lots of byte size chalk.

When e'er I summon fat chance
to empower me self with courage 
and steal a passing glance
in the mirror then in...

Backboard

...The south wind came and it blew so strong
it sent my backboard where it didn't belong

Busted and crooked it warped so much
from the Gods of winds performing their thrust

Now my basketball has...

My Foolish Heart

...Fafhrd, Conan, Tarzan...
They could all beat me in a battle!
But when seeking true love,
I'm the one in the saddle.

But I'm the foolish one,
cause I had a dear love near,
though I took my hea...

Earthling Bewails Hoovering World Wide Dread

...Accursed human species
case in point Vladimir Putin,
who strikes terror across globe.

Don't underestimate his hell bent
zeal to attack United States,
one blood sucking infernal
predacious Hom...

Oh My Dog, Another Yesterday May 23rd 2020 Spent Inside

...Oh my dog, another yesterday (May 23rd, 2020) spent inside

Anomalous earthling inhabited 
mancave quarantined
cocooned gamesomely 
knowingly protected travesty
impossible mission sidestepping,...

Can-Can

...
The mystery of the Can-can
Shot to h*** a theory of insanity
Torqued a line of serious gals
To move in synchronicity

Second chance, the motion spreads
A wonder still admired
A da...

Lip Bent Overly Yours

...

Most dastardly
Executive Majesty,
we serve at your pique pleasure
obsequiously so 

Yea, Darth Lord,
we be the surreptitious, servile ones:
Leper skin publicans, publicly hiss revil...

Just Another Day In My Man Cave

...I always arise
     at break of dawn,
when curtained solar
     radiance openly drawn
upon a vast
     wasteland, though thankfully
     most (boot not all)

     bipedal hominids gone
widel...

Ongepatshket Torqued Skewed Reflection

...When e'er i chance
     to steel a passing glance
     in the mirror hairline fractures appear
than 'afore long
 
     snap, crackle, pop
     becomes crystal clear,
whence aluminium glass mir...

My First English Poem

...A Realization

Once upon a time, a baby was born
In a small town near the green mountains. 
He was living life off from thorn.
Blessed! But he’s always in pains?

He had all that he desiderate...

Jerusalem, the Jugular -2

...It was not uncommon to discover a missing Brother Legionary
castrated, and decapitated
with a headless eagle carved upon his chest,
don't speak to me of morals and mercy
for I have seen and dealt...

Pacific Papa Pedals Perspicacious Persiflage Panacea

...the following sloop of words rowed and towed together as they 
came into my periscoptic poop deck with slight emendation 
from thee oar ridge in hull.
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Rubberband Land

...The rubber band land,  short and long,
   thick and thin elastic stretch pull along;
it's pulled, it's pushed, poked and often touched,
it gives, it takes, it's prod and plucked,
   flicked back ...

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