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AN Anacreon CLERIHEW

...Anacreon the  greek born circa 580 BC
loved to pen erotic  poetry
alternating long&short in syllabic metric
lyrically untranslatable from the ionic...

Categories: anacreon, poets,
Form: Clerihew

All roads lead to you

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Like a mad man
without a plan,
slightly insane,
dancing in the rain,
pixilated dreams
like shallow streams,
leave me bemused,
restless, but amused,
but my soul is tried
from those bullets ...

Categories: anacreon, absence,
Form: Verse

Sappho Translations Ii

...Sappho Translations II

That country wench bewitches your heart?
Hell, her most beguiling art’s
hiking her dress
to seduce you with her ankles' nakedness!
Sappho, fragment 57, loose translation...

Categories: anacreon, desire, lust, romance, sensual,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

His Kiss

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With kind, gentle eyes
Caressing with smiles
Whispering shyly
Within sapphire lights
Resembling fireflies
Flickering thru nights
Enchanting the stars
Passionate praises
Powerful pra...

Categories: anacreon, kiss, passion, romance,
Form: Free verse

Her Ink Is My Quill - Anacreontic Verse

...Despite the distance,
like moon and ocean,
I feel her close, but
touchless and tasteless.
Craving her comfort.
like a thief without
his precious treasure,
I yearn for one glimpse.
Ton...

Categories: anacreon, love, romance, romantic love,
Form: Free verse

Athenian Epitaphs Ii

...Athenian Epitaphs II

These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...

Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night: 
his owne...

Categories: anacreon, animal, best friend, death
Form: Epitaph

Childless

...Epigrams/Epitaphs

Childless
by Michael R. Burch

How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.

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Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch 
...

Categories: anacreon, child, death, eulogy, funeral,
Form: Epigram

Epitaphs

...Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.



Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It's n...

Categories: anacreon, bereavement, death, death of
Form: Epitaph

Anacreon Translation

...These are my modern English translations of ancient Greek epigrams by Anacreon from the Anacreontea. 

Here he lies in state tonight: great is his Monument!
Yet Ares cares not, neither does War re...

Categories: anacreon, poems, poetry, poets, tribute,
Form: Epigram

Athenian Epitaphs

...Athenian Epitaphs

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only th...

Categories: anacreon, death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
Form: Epigram

Anacreontic Summer

...Fulfilling perceptions
In flowery station 
Of dew like life
In cool air
In your hair
Like blue sea shore
Watching the ocean
Making love with sun
Romantic alphabets
Of your breeze 
In palm t...

Categories: anacreon, adventure, beauty, hair, image,
Form: Lyric