The Day the Beast Lost
...I woke each break with cast a shadow on my chest,
a nameless weight that stole my needed rest.
It spoke in lies I dared not try to fight,
and turned the morning darker than the night.
I laughed...
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Categories:
unarmored, inspirational, strength,
Form: Narrative
Let There Be Limericks: Noblesse Oblige
...The King
The king was quite old, but not senile,
And his problems with sex were not penile.
He could rut with the best,
When put to the test,
And got plenty of rest in between while.
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Categories:
unarmored, humor,
Form: Limerick
Medieval Poems Iii
...Medieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wrac...
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Categories:
unarmored, england, grief, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
William Dunbar: Lament For the Makaris Translation
...Lament for the Makaris ("Lament for the Makers/Poets")
by William Dunbar [c. 1460-1530]
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
i who enjoyed good health and gladness
am overwhelm...
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Categories:
unarmored, death, evil, fear, poets,
Form: Elegy
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar Translation
...Sweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightf...
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Categories:
unarmored, character, desire, devotion, flower,
Form: Sonnet
Romance Novel
...A snow bound silence descends now
upon my hallowed home,
the traffic's gone, the streets unplowed
and I'm engrossed in tomes.
A ribald tale of myst'ry roils
the knights have charged the breech
the b...
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Categories:
unarmored, fantasy, life, love, on
Form: Sonnet
I Cannot Touch Your Silence
...i cannot touch your silence.
you are in a darkness
only you can know.
for there are battles
only you can fight,
unarmed,
unarmored.
i can only watch by the battleside
mutedly helpless,
hop...
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Categories:
unarmored, angst, devotion, friendship, love
Form: Free verse
Witted Injustice
...Peace was beyond me the other night,
violence tested me with painful plight,
moseying tricks to loiter and fall,
the notions of proper etiquette's crawl,
See, violence only acts as fare,
to di...
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Categories:
unarmored, faithme,
Form: Rhyme