Troubled Marriage Poems

Sappho Translations XII by Michael R. Burch

In the following short translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and...

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When quiet in still, some music of notice from deep within,
soft and clear as the dew in a night of sichel Moon gleam.
Notes that gentle...

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When quiet in still, some music of notice from deep within,
soft and clear as the dew in a night of sichel Moon gleam.
Notes that gentle...

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Quietly
you enter,
and with feline
stealth, pick your 
way through the
darkness of
our bedroom.
My senses, 
honed
over the years
like radar to
hear the pings
of children’s cries,
pukey wretching,
and troubled
hearts and spirits
detects...

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I love my wife with claws so sharp
Tentacles sure to squeeze me tight
The fangs that sink into my heart
Consuming blood for pleasure 
Keeping me alive...

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I married the man of my dreams.
At seventeen I had gone to extremes.
I loved him as if he were everything.
For him I could try to...

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safely bound to you
wrapped up in arms of armor-
ease my troubled heart

fear not the kismet
we share beyond creation-
perpetual love

cradle me in peace
bestow grace with each...

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On Mending Fences
(Some fences have needed mending so long
That neither party recalls why the breech occurred;)
By
Tom Wright
Copyright ? 2006

That very first step
Always seems hardest to...

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a husband and wife...

           once a picture of love and happiness. 
happily married, they floated...

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CELTIC LOVE
The paths We take under the eye of god
and Universe, but some consider odd
Great Lord of Heaven, knowing everything,
help us to grow, into a...

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I am a  miserable victim
of  regular heart-transplant
the first heart troubled me
the second was oversize
the third is had ten chambers
It emerged to hearts of...

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In the midst of the fiercest conflicts
Conflicts that rattle even the GOD's chosen
My Love for you grows in strength still
First Towards the earth to garner...

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When love lifts the veil

When your despondent soul desperately searches for love
looking for years without success and you feel like giving up
sadness overwhelms you like...

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When the Autumn Leaves Fall...

Blossoms bloom red
Your pretty smile falls beneath your head
Brunette flow
Healthy glow
From then on you hid in my sheets
The thing you were...

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as a tear drops 

I heard the front door shut

I place my hands upon my face

while tears keep running

down my face

why ,why is my world,...

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