Renee Vivien Translations
...Renee Vivien Translations
Song
by Renée Vivien
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
When the moon weeps,
illuminating flowers on the graves of the faithful,
my memories cr...
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Categories:
typhoid fever, analogy, image, imagery, love,
Form: Sonnet
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
...These are poems about Ann Rutledge and her romantic relationship with Abraham Lincoln.
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
by Michael R. Burch
Winter was not easy,
nor would the spring return.
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Categories:
typhoid fever, history, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Porch Is Hilariously Messy
...Porch is hilariously messy
Anyone else would be ashamed to live here. I am amused.
Vastly and proudly amused; it keeps away burglars, right?
And salesmen.
Green striped hose, red scooter, pink ...
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Categories:
typhoid fever, life,
Form: Free verse
Granda's Wartime Tales
...When I was a little girl
My grandfather had a tin
With a sailor smoking a cigarette on the lid
It was what he kept his medals in
He called them Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
And I asked him what the...
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Categories:
typhoid fever, grandfather, nostalgia, war,
Form: Rhyme