Renee Vivien English Translation of her 'Coming Out' poem
Renee Vivien English Translation
Words to My Love
by Renée Vivien
translation by Michael R. Burch
This is Vivien’s “coming out” poem, although the term wasn’t coined until many years after Vivien’s death. The poem was written about forbidden love to a girlfriend and lover.
Please understand me: an unusual creature,
not so very good, or bad; perhaps a bit
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Categories:
vivien, desire, fire, girlfriend, hair,
Form: Rhyme
Gable and Vivien in Stayed With The Heat
The trees grows tomorrows leaves
it's yesterday and Spring was here
it waited for the Summers Eve
and Autumn's spread of gourd ease
and winter's rest on Christmas gifts
a world of wander opens the gate
and behold their living past are
now at last alive again into your
loving open arms and you are
mindless to stench of their
scent turned to zombies
and start
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Categories:
vivien, allusion,
Form: Imagism
Renee Vivien 'We Sat Down' Translation
“Nous nous sommes assises” (“We Sat Down”)
by Renee Vivien
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
Darling, we were like two exiles
bearing our desolate souls within us.
Dawn broke more revolting than any illness...
Neither of us knew the native language
As we wandered the streets like strangers.
The morning’s stench, so oppressive!
Yet you shone like the sunrise of hope...
2.
As night fell,
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Categories:
vivien, england, french, kiss, language,
Form: Free verse
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 creep
back to you, wrapped in flightless wings.
It's getting late; soon we will sleep
(your eyes already half closed)
steeped
in the shimmering air.
O, the agony of burning roses:
your forehead discloses
a heavy despondency,
though your hair floats lightly ...
In
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Categories:
vivien, analogy, image, imagery, love,
Form: Sonnet
Vivien Leigh As Scarlett
The striking actress
Vivien Leigh played the role
of Scarlett in, "Gone With The Wind".
The Southern belle fell in love with Rhett,
who had a set of charming blue eyes that captured
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Categories:
vivien, death, depression, devotion, food,
Form: Free verse