Hate Wine Poems

I have been forced,
to love people I hate.
I wish I had,
only loving people around me.
My ego has been cut,
cut with a very sharp knife many...

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Martial Translations

Coq au vin (Cook or wine)
by Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are you merely an éclair...

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Today,
I love you.
Today,  
I hate you.  
This week,  
I love you,  
This week,  
I hate you.  
Can this go...

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You’ll take to plow and yoke,
Work until your back is broke.
I’ll harvest grapes on time,
Make them into a fine wine.

You’ll build castle walls strong,
To repel...

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Today we over use this word hate,                  ...

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More than anything, they hate
Their members arriving late:
After “Eight” still at The Gate…
One walks fast, forgets “Loved Gait”;
The Dirty, be in that State!

More than anything,...

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You see I hate housework assigned                   ...

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There have been those who said,                   ...

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From our very first meeting was I doomed,  
I listened intently to your soft voice.         ...

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All your words and all your actions,                                   you hurt...

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Tears where did you come from,                                        ...

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A body, from head to toe.

Head, thoughts both good and bad.

Mouth, words of praise-words of hate.

Heart, pumps love-unkindness.

Conflict, can make one learn and grow.

Hands, loving-praying.

Movement,...

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I want-I need to love                                         ...

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I sit with him; in the night we hear
eerie boardwalk creaks near the white sand beach.
I ask if he recalls our neighbors when
they told me...

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I boarded my ship all ready to sail off to see and to learn much more.

large room with two beds     ...

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