Best Achaemenid Poems
Below are the all-time best Achaemenid poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of achaemenid poems written by PoetrySoup members
Dreams of the Battle of Thymbra, Lydian Persian WarDreams of The Battle of Thymbra, Lydian-Persian War
In the midst of a battle I awoke thrown
walking over the crimson red dead.
Found and drew the shaft...
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Categories:
achaemenid, conflict, death, history, imagery,
Form:
Narrative
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind...
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Categories:
achaemenid, age, goodbye, life, loss,
Form:
Sonnet
PrivilegePrivilege
by Michael R. Burch
This poem is dedicated to Harvey Stanbrough, an ex-marine who has written eloquently about the horror and absurdity of war in "Lessons...
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Categories:
achaemenid, courage, hero, patriotic, thank
Form:
Verse
Free Verse IiNucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a...
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Categories:
achaemenid, angel, child, childhood, children,
Form:
Free verse