Achilles Poems - Poems about Achilles

I don't have an Adonis Complex. I don't want to look pretty. Even the weakest hand crushes the strongest flower. Attraction is fleeting. Fear is universal. The only truth is violence and power. Punishing the self for its weakness is training the body for strength. I dedicate my life to forging the steel inside of the body, and sharpen the mind to cause...

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I strolled my garden on a day so fair, and lo, a sad spider was sitting there. I found that I could commiserate with the little guy whose legs were eight. Imagine, my friend, how it feels to have so many Achilles heels....

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-For Achilles and Patroclus, reunited in death Alone, walks a soul upon the earth. He stands before a memorial, knowing that is where his body lies, But he himself has no grave; no remembrance: He will not be told in future stories, Unlike the man he lies beside in the earth: who he loved so dearly. He stares at the...

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In ages long ago, when heroes roamed the earth And gods and monsters roamed the land, There was a mighty warrior known throughout the realm As the greatest of them all, a man of might and courage, His name was Hector, son of Priam, king of Troy And leader of the Trojans in their war against the Greeks. He was a...

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What good would it do, Son of Peleus, To pull that arrow from your heel? As you lie there helpless, Legs useless and folded beneath you. Your hand clenched around its fletchings Searching for the source Of sensations unfamiliar to you. Pain. Suffering. Mortality. How strange… You are only half god and half man, And all men must die, even you, ...

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The sun sets along with my heart, On that fiery horizon of earth, Bright like the fire in my hearth. The fire led to the imminent birth Of my rage that burned along With your corpse, with prolonged Desire to rip out his heart, The one Who maimed you unrecognisable. And if I die to avenge My cherished downfall, Let My ashes be mixed with...

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His fragile frame spills scarlet still warmed by the fervency of his love Love never to be betrayed further Stolen from me in his naive pursuit of a modus vivendi Between my alcove in his heart and his virtuous morality We spoke so often of immortality Of eternal legacies of splendor While your lulling warmth obscured its austere nature But now my...

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In the fantasizing brains of all Nigerian Fulanis, Including their kindergarten still urinating on nannies; All the entries and exits within country’s Aso Rock To keep obeying their adjustable, Fulani clock! Presently, the unstoppable aspiration of the Purest Hausa teens Recklessly announcing the same to their napkins: The Achilles Heel of the Brazilian Football Team, Easily her ruinous tears commanding, When she should...

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I am not achilles I am not at my ease so mercy baby please for I am not achilles up I see the skies down I see the ground I am stuck in between kind of could have been I am not made for wars my blood follows no stream in misery I swim seems my story has no theme...

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"Your muscles hold memories", didn't you know, your posture, past injuries, so better go slow.. "No pain, no gain" leaves one worse for the wear, a torn achilles, a rotator tear.. Is your core soft? Do you have pain in your back? "Your muscles work in pairs, and take up...

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Achilles, Bloody Battles, Death's Black Hand As Was Fated Part Three, (the Conclusion) Dawn, bright rays fell upon Achilles and his band exiting ship, Greek sandals felt soft Trojan sands with mighty magnificent Greek pride in courageous hearts each seeking greater fame they knew would come as battle starts. Landing all around was mighty horde of Greek ships as falling Greek anchors...

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this boy - he is mythology he is the pomegranate sitting in persephone's palm - (looks can be deceiving) this boy - he is a mirror can show medusa what heaven really is - how pain really feels but medusa never looks this boy in the sun - he is the smoking gun in the death of icarus;...

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Achilles, The Journey To Troy, (Part Two) of (Part One-titled, Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal) Achilles, The Journey To Troy Woe! wretched horrors Olympic gods sent that day mighty king suffered, his treasure stolen away, power of Troy against very strongest of Grecian might testing magnificent force of fantastic Spartan fight! Saving proud Greek honor was the summoning call an...

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Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal Part One- (Years Before Troy) Achilles* woke, his slain foes calling out his name hearing merciless woes, his sharpen sword they blame looking at the heavens he saw the moon glowing blood red sending its message of truth about his victims now dead! Rising from night bed, screams from those slain still ringing he knowing...

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In ancient times as told in rhymes there was a hero Greek Whose mother said, “Before you’re dead you should go out and seek The glorious fame that goes with your name, my dearest son Achilles.” So Achilles set out upon that route ...

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