Preposterous Eros
...Preposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch
“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga
Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left my heart...
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Categories:
alcaeus, desire, love, love hurts,
Form: Epigram
Poems About Eros and Cupid
...POEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cher...
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Categories:
alcaeus, cute love, desire, god,
Form: Epigram
Heat Lightening
...Heat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlight...
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Categories:
alcaeus, car, crush, desire, love,
Form: Sonnet
The Fall and Rise of Adonis
...Those two days the brief hours saliently witnessed
A pristine noteworthy bout, a piece of history perhaps;
The lustful error when gods mate with the mortal type
And the walls between saints and si...
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Categories:
alcaeus, lost love,
Form: Epic