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So sure of her love

...So sure of her love,
She shook in just one flutter
All me in my groove.
Not a word could I utter,
Nor much-wonted pluck muster. 
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Tanka | 11.08.2025 | love
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Sir Thomas Wyatt translations 2

...SIR THOMAS WYATT TRANSLATIONS 2

What menethe this?
by Sir Thomas Wyatt, circa early 16th century
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

WHAT does this mean, when I lie alone?
I...

Pitiful Shadows

...Give me one moment to reflect
On wonted scenery once erect
The steel, glass and wood all made
A home for birds, and those who trade

From here, there, all did see (unless
housed in a cave) Holl...

Blame

..."A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."  _ John Burroughs


In the Garden of Eden, an ominous silence spread.
From the Heavenly Paradise, a...

Blue

...Blue is the color of the pilot’s sky.
      Blue is the glisten in the dreamer’s eye.

Blue are some jewels, like, that of sapphire.
      And blue, the flame; of the hottest fire.

Blue is the...

Elysium Soul Onset

... 
Written: January 05, 2023
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As a river beckons
and brittle stripes 
of soaring reeds swell,
with a faint breeze
and a sturdy hedg...

Distant

...
"Distant" 

When winter came
it came fast 
cold as a witch's t*t

unwelcome and 
unwanted, 
we hesitate 

to move 
any further within 
the forest's interior

alarm...

Green-The Color of Life

...Though I'm ashamed to say it now, I never took conservation seriously,
Just living life as if nothing else mattered, full of wonted complacency.

I would hear intense talk of the climate, recyclin...

Saving Grace

...When empty bubbles of stillness brimmed the place
Upon an emerald carpet of meads, she genuflected with gathered grace
Of languished bones and reverence plucked from nunhood hearts.
Mighty potenta...

Winds of Change

...Like a reclusive boat, I remained there,
discerning the prevailing winds of change,
which many a time, made me embrace fear,
by surpassing the stipulated range.

When winds of change blurred the...

Misconceptions

...In my preteens,
I was nervy to go in the dark.
The folklore tales imprinted
that evil spirits would roam at nights. 
when I heard  the wonted gruff noises like
chirping of crickets,
rustling of...

Whisper of Your Silence

...Lonely I walk through the walls of crowds
Reach out but like shadows they don’t connect
Their eyes are vacant cold and empty

Ghostly people walk on by crossing my path
As I head back home in wo...

A Flying Bird

...A flying bird I am for heavenly flight;
No enthralling branch can hold me tight.
Free I am from all the passing years;
not submitting to the baseless fears.
Free I am from all the worldly chains;...

Flaunt It and Be Damned

...Be sure to flaunt it if you got it and talk till it's hottest news that is true when they gossip about you, you're honest.
If you're good at what you do you should be proud that you're on it with no...

Go Forth

...Go forth, you man of a hellish breed.
Go forth, you man of yellow hair and skin of orange hue.
Go forth, with your wickedness a brew.

Go forth, and dwell in your white sanctuary.
Go forth, with...

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