Vivien Poems - Poems about Vivien

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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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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“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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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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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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