Best Antigone Poems
AntigoneI am the face of misery
My life, a dissonance of autumn and spring,
The years are written in the same
Lugubrious, nostalgic grey
How can it be the author to blame?
I cannot scream this all away…
Burn nor Bleed this all away…
To Death I am Ordained
Lacuna ever growing
With Velvet...
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Categories:
antigone, allegory, angst, confusion, death,
Form:
Ballad
AntigoneAncient arenas
Dot valleys of green
Olive tree lined
Stoic serene
Gone is the echo
The sounds of the play
Done is the suffering
Of Antigone
Daughter of Gods
Caring and kind
Her brother’s keeper
Loyal to die
Ancient arenas
Magical myths
Beautiful backdrop
For the nymph I am with
Headstrong and honest
Gorgeous green eyed
Intriguing Igoné
Daughter divine
Keeper of many
Righteous and...
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Categories:
antigone, aubade, daughter, inspirational, mother
Form:
Quatrain
Antigone TrilogyAntigone did
That which Gods from her wanted
Bowing to no one
Freedom fighting girl
Ethic’ly responsible
A riot God sent
Freedom in God’s book
Resistance to oppression
End to slavery...
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Categories:
antigone, bible, endurance, girl, integrity,
Form:
Haiku
AntigoneExpressions of grief,
the eyes of a child
An ending in sight
—all nature reviled
(McCarran Airport: January, 2020)...
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Categories:
antigone, death,
Form:
Rhyme