Athena Poems - Poems about Athena

pastel monarch butterflies flowed out of the lily pad as if by magic explosion of a kaleidoscope of colors, mostly lavenders and pinks heralding the unexpected but delightful return of the Goddess Athena. Athena had not graced Earth for four thousand and thirty-one years. reverant admiring azure sky turned coral and pink in her honor animals and bugs in the...

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Athenians were losing to the Persians led by Xerxes one. but Athena came along, and spoiled that militant’s fun. she helped the Greeks defeat them, and they ran away. goddess of wisdom, justice, and war simply does not play. she enhanced the wisdom, skill and courage of every soldier. her practical knowledge and fairness is unselfish and pure. born from Zeus’s...

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Goddess Athena is the guardian of Athens, the soothsayer said. She is high-born in mythology, and exceedingly well-bred. She has been protecting the citizens in a variety of ways. And will be forever, until the end of all of our days. Athena heard the soothsayer and rewarded her with money. She also sent her barley, gemstones, wheat, rice, and honey. The...

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Almost alive with light Always wise and vibrant Assured of grace and love After the whole heart smiles Amazed with such kind hope Approving of great peace Ancient god of wisdom Greek mythology Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Joseph May Used Howmanysyllables.com March 6, 2022...

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ATHENA Appears a deity. Asserting intellect. Affirms truth and knowledge. And strong morality. Always offers wisdom. Also accomplishments. ...

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A bold warrior goddess Aided Odysseus As he murdered Trojans Adjusts Medusa to A scary Gorgon, FREEZE Aptly spins perfect web Arachne can’t surpass. 2.22.22 Used Poetry Soup Syllable Counter...

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A Greek 'god' of wisdom Athens' patron goddess. Acts chapter seventeen Apostle Paul teaches All should repent to God And to stop worshiping Any man-made idols...

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Athena A Goddess unlike yours ...

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Every night it's always the same, Fog rolling in on the lake. Full moon, wolves howling, Shadows from the trees as the wind blows, I see an owl staring at me. Thunder, Lightning, hearing voices, Warning me of what is yet to come. Beware others are here and, They are coming. The last thing I see is a lady in white, Rising out of...

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So I came nigh with my eyes so bright, in search of him as a brute beast hungry for its prey. With eagle's eyes I saw him afar off, lying loosely atop the mountain. "There lies my prey, the heinous venom." His sense was far gone as he laid as a bow stretched by an archer; with seven...

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It was a long time ago, ten thousand years or so, when magic and crows, held premium pose and place among many untold. It mattered not if there was heat or cold, all the people sang my praise in rowse. That day's victory will go down in history, and I had been the hero...

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ATHENA IN THE AFTERNOON We drove the high edge of the valley, late summer lush green, the cobalt sky a passing cold front with lightning and rain threatening our day “It’s beautiful!” I said “Yes!” she replied like a lazy idea in red thong sandals, dark blue jeans, a man’s oversize shirt, her curly black hair an elegant chaos from an ancient Greek vase I...

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Painting with words, sculpting with sound Letters to dance —spoken aloud (Dreamsleep: February, 2020)...

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Athena takes me sometimes by both hands and we go levitating through strange Dreamlands where Apollo sleeps in his dark forgetting and Passion seems like a wise bloodletting and all I remember ,upon awaking, is: to Love sometimes is like forsaking one’s Being—to drift far beyond any thought, forsaking the here for the There and the Not. * O, finally to Burn, gravity beyond escaping! To plummet is Bliss when the blisters breaking rain down...

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Ahh, as you seat there under the twilight of the night, who would have known you were my destiny. For now, you are the means of me beneath Orion, Earth, and sea. The sages of Rome and the Gods of the Greeks; Athena, Heroine of Venus pay homage to the love shared between us. All...

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