Wasters Poems - Poems about Wasters

Medieval Poetry Translations VII by Michael R Burch

...These are English translations/modernizations of Medieval poems written in Old English and/or Middle English.


The Maiden’s Song aka The Bridal Morn
anonymous Medieval lyric
translation by Mich...

Shortfalls on the Long-Haul

...In long-haul dreams, we set our sights far-off on distant shores,
Assuming that each step, each choice, each twist, will open doors,
Will keep us heading steadfastly ahead, right on course!
Yet ti...

Harbinger of Time

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Written: March 4th 2024
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Whilst waiting patience is a probity,
swifter straddling startled savvy scare
strong for people enduring anguish
tro...

wasters

...Creepy crawlers
                              Cover my skin 

                                                             In and out 

                   ...

Horse Ahead of Cart

...No Milord, it can wait— this software,
Let’s talk of what wears hard— the hardware. 
Let justice come in time, 
Ye better prove it’s prime, 
On firm ground, not like gauze gossamer! 
From sentim...

Vengeance

...Your call is important to us
Says this smarmy bland voice
So please stay on the Line
As if we have any choice
They don’t have many staff now
Just a multi purpose call centre
The logical result ...

National Pride and the Stigma Attached

...If I’m proud of my country does it make me racist? 
Better than all those in separate places, 
a stigma attached in nationality cases 
a taboo pride for thoughtless wasters. 

But I can be proud...

They Missed the Plot

...Sarcastically writing about people who like me, that's what they say but I know it's  unlikely, I'm playing myself but talking as their eyes see, self put downs acting as mad as I might be,

 I kno...

My Worst Me

...Now firstly, you promote the worst me, 
seems your ego's thirsty to cut and curse me, 
elevates you up where you're better and above 
out to win peoples approval who admire you with love  
giftin...

Fake Means Shallow and That Means

...You will fall out with people who claim you haven't, 
they don't wan't to look bad so paint you a mad 'en 

you'll erect the finger in the middle of your hand 
they'll see it as behaviour they ca...

Kakistocracy

...Measure of society by embarrassment,
being a part of that state establishment.
The informed shared interest that knows,
wasters that claim to be the institution vows.
Bound to rigid ness and as p...

Your Back In the Room

...What would it be like to start all over again, 
I mean isn’t that the reason, so many of us pen,
It just opens up every unknown possibility,
Some beautiful some dark, others downright ugly,

But...

Exemplar

...Did I learn a worthy trade?  Study war as a warrior? 
Was I a helper, a first responder,
nurse, nanny, priest, pumpkin farmer,
a horny handed laborer,
did I lecture nitwit’s on the liberal arts o...

Lovers of Earth

...The weather with its thunder and rain,
change of perception to takes us home again.
By the ecology of magic that remains,
or lifeless desserts that will find its names.
Through misty realms by wa...

Load Shedding In South Africa

...When ignorance and mediocrity is on display,
fancy title and salaries become proof thereby.
The incompetence to deliver is the destruction,
implementation without visions is a foolish attraction.
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