Whan Poems - Poems about Whan

Medieval Poems Ii

...Medieval Poems



Wulf and Eadwacer
(Old English circa 990 AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

My people pursue him like crippled prey.
They'll rip him apart if he appr...

Categories: whan, angel, england, love, middle
Form: Rhyme

Fractured Canterbury Tales

...For the benefit of any non-Middle-English
speakers, a literal, word-for-word translation
has been provided beneath each line of
the original:

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote!
  When w...

Categories: whan, adventure, literature,
Form: Light Verse

Instruction

...Instruction
by Michael R. Burch

Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.

Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset

of night is in the despairing ...

Categories: whan, extended metaphor, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Pastoral

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Oasis

...Oasis
by Michael R. Burch 
 
for Beth
 
I want tears to form again
in the shriveled glands of these eyes
dried all these long years
by too much heated knowing.
 
I want tears to course down...

Categories: whan, marriage,
Form: Verse

The Writers Tail Liat Sretirw Eht

...The Writers Tail liaT sretirW ehT
by Charles Robert Hice on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 12:22pm ·
The Writers Tail
the poor writer can not post a poem anywhere to be recognized himself as a poet ...

Categories: whan, computer-internet, friendship, funny, imagination,
Form: Prose Poetry

Just You

...here we are,
we just met,
and yet,
i can't seem to get you off my mind.
i know that it's wrong,
i know it's not right,
but that doesn't seem to matter.
when i first saw you,
i admit,
that it...

Categories: whan, happinessmay, me,
Form: I do not know?

You'Re Late

...You're sorry that you're late?
I have been waiting all day,
And now that you've finally shown up
That's all you have to say?

Whenever you wanna hangout with friends
I understand, really I do,
...

Categories: whan, teen, sorry,
Form: I do not know?

A Heart Sealed Away

...Look at what you've done to me...
You've gone and shattered my pride...
And what's worst of all...
Is it that you've broken my heart...
Once I saw your back turned to me
And the image of you fad...

Categories: whan, angst, introspection, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Lost Highway

...I do not walk for it's something I choose,
There is no transportation, only dead mans' shoes;
This empty highway is the path I tread,
So cold and remote, all colour bled
Before the white sun with...

Categories: whan, introspection, space, time, visionary,
Form: Rhyme