Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part I, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
...Widsith was a traveling minstrel who "sang for his supper" but may have been prone to exaggeration...
Widsith, the Far-Traveler, Part I of III
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 680-95...
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Categories:
worthier, adventure, music, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
I Will Love Him Forever
...I never want to give up on my twin soul lover.
I will always long to be with him forever.
I am not sure when we will truly be together.
I often wish someone can give me an answer.
I only know I...
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Categories:
worthier, dedication, first love, longing,
Form: Quatrain
Sulpicia Translations 2 by Michael R Burch
...These are English translations by of Latin poems written by the ancient Roman female poet Sulpicia.
V. Reproach for Indifference
by Sulpicia
translation by Michael R. Burch
Have you no ki...
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Categories:
worthier, body, desire, girl, love,
Form: Free verse
Caw Caw Caw
...What do these crows say?
Certainly, they’re not wasting
their voice. Perched on the
branches of the bay tree,
they don’t fly in the sizzling
sunlight. Long, short, swift,
slow, vibrant, w...
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Categories:
worthier, bird,
Form: Free verse
If I Could Spend a Day With You
...IF I COULD SPEND A DAY WITH YOU...
If I could spend a day with you, I'd be happy,
we'd never get enough of each other's company.
Our poems and write-ups will embrace unity.
Our inks will make ...
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Categories:
worthier, 1st grade, for her,
Form: Rhyme
Superior Poetrix
...It's worthier to have little money
and many friends, than being
bank owner and having anyone......
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Categories:
worthier, allusion, analogy, appreciation, wisdom,
Form: Light Verse
Life of St Don Bosco
...The young must know that they are loved
For there is goodness in every young person
Give me souls--the souls of young people
These boys are not bad, these boys, they need me
In their midst I feel...
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Categories:
worthier, celebration, christian, i am,
Form: Free verse
My Friend This Is the End
...Many intimates might collapse, we realize,
And direct us to strive solely in this place,
There's nearly a ray of hope in the eagle's eyes,
To shed the ode's tear without further grace....
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Categories:
worthier, bereavement, death of a
Form: Rondeau Redouble
Behold a Nigerian Single Parent
...Behold a Nigerian single parent
By clearly doubled duties bent,
Shaking her right now, inescapable rent;
Just grabbing what this had all along meant.
Lo! The Nigerian Loner Parent
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Categories:
worthier, absence, break up, care,
Form: Rhyme
The Mortar and the Pestles
...The women bending and pounding in rhythm
was a vibrant bucolic sight. The long wooden
pestles were powered by the human current.
While grinding raw rice,
they stopped to rest, and
to crack...
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Categories:
worthier, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Baba Madiba , Nelson Mandela
...Rewrote our History books for the world to see
A worthier Icon there could never be,
Born and died over the span short of a century,
Baba Madiba became South Africa’s first Black
President in Ap...
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Categories:
worthier, wife,
Form: Free verse
You and I
...I can't imagine my life without you
I'm sorry if my hold is too tight
That tight may hurts you
I'm used to holding till bleeds
And I've never had something
Worthier to hold onto than you...
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Categories:
worthier, anger, hurt, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
To the Drowning
...Given a dog’s chance to survive
You won’t your swimming passions revive:
It would be over between you and butterfly strokes,
A thousand ‘All over’ with them even in jokes…
…And between you and je...
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Categories:
worthier, beach, courage, death, drink,
Form: Rhyme
Dirty Pig of Muck
...What say you when a pig bathe in a muddy muck?
When he rolls merrily like 'tis panacea to his strain?
Don't you gawk at the amazing shuck
Could be to you 'tis a flaunt to his inert brain.
But h...
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Categories:
worthier, animal,
Form: Rhyme
It's a Toss Up
...Okay enough about me and my attributes
I'll bow to those proving worthier, won't dispute
Sometimes comes out poop
Or like a delicious soup
Other times a toss up and doesn't compute!<>
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Categories:
worthier, poetry,
Form: Limerick
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