Éclat Poems - Poems about Éclat

...These are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme. The Tomb of Edgar Poe by Stéphane Mallarmé loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Trans......Read the rest...

...His lines he always wanted to shine With éclat and style mingled fine To bedazzle and strike with awe Those who bothered to read a line For hours on end, would he ponder On how he could rive y......Read the rest...

...THE BREAKFAST OF SCANDAL Once upon a lofty testament The blue print of a rhapsodic love furls Among the two betrothed by a mutual affection. Their love echoes and here to stay and born. The......Read the rest...

...I've been misled by my opprobrium again Stuck in this continuum until the bitter end Elysian fields beckon me like a moth to flame Halcyon days gone like 15 minutes of fame Coal black devil in a ......Read the rest...

...by Michaelw1two Inspired by Lucia Szigeti Thought, an idea distant, across voids of words in rhyme; comprehension is equivalent, to accretion in cosmic time; feelings seed mind comparative, i......Read the rest...

..."He is brave and a warrior fine-- In a stroke, killed twenty-nine!" Thus went word from town to town, Only to come back around... "A better man there be none, Seekest thou a finer one?" Crept......Read the rest...

...So sensationally super; Sagittarius son of John Spence Pleasantly personable, and matriarch Maud Spence’s son Enabling, exquisite, eloquent, evolving and enterprising Naturally nice, no nonsense, ......Read the rest...