Tired Babylon

Tired Babylon

poor tattered remnants of great babylon
through poets works walls left battered and worn
she stands a sign of glory all long gone
so used the land is once again forlorn
the erudite temple is all that stands
whose textual beauty is all but dry
the desert realm left far more arid lands
but in these words shan't ever say goodbye
a new paradise needs to soon be found
still fabled ruins haunt each poets mind
forcing the over used into the ground
originals so rarely get enshrined
the legends and centuries do sing
leaving great babylon the reigning king

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 10/30/2010 8:54:00 AM
Congratulations on your third place win with this wonderful Sonnet. Caryl
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Date: 10/28/2010 4:00:00 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
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Date: 10/27/2010 11:01:00 AM
Congratulations Kenneth on your win in John Freeman's Sonnet contest. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/27/2010 10:41:00 AM
what unique approach you have here, Kenneth-- super congrats on your win :)-- nikko :)
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Date: 10/27/2010 7:11:00 AM
Very creative..I think its so hard to find the subject matter for this kind of piece..congrats to you on finding something different and congrats on your success in the contest. BG
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Date: 10/26/2010 6:20:00 PM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Kenneth
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Date: 10/26/2010 6:10:00 PM
Excellent sonnet, Kenneth. Congratulations on your big win! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 10/26/2010 5:41:00 PM
Congrats Kenneth on your big win in Moses contest with this excellent entry so impressive and well deserved win.. enjoy your sweet victory tonight with luv..
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Date: 10/26/2010 5:18:00 PM
Awesome job done with this great piece Kenneth. Congratulations on this near the top worthy presentation. Agape, Moses
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Date: 10/15/2010 12:15:00 PM
Welcome to the Soup Kenneth. This is good I love biblical history. I won't call it a story because it is fact. Nice one
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Date: 10/15/2010 9:56:00 AM
Starting my weekend early reading all the amazing poetry of all the wonderful poets here at PoetrySoup. I am so happy to find your poetry posted here this morning Kenneth. Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find tons of inspiration along the way as Fall is upon us. Love, Carol
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