Best Athena Poems
Athena
the dutiful daughter standing behind her father
in lightning thick with aegis assurance
read to protect her family
and counselling them times of need
Athena, the grey eyed goddess
who watches carefully with graceful wisdom
coercing ignorance into obliteration
solutions fly into her hands
for her to dispense and she desires
Athena of the City
philosophizing with the common man
trading amongst mortals
companion to heroes in distress
strategic with the broken soldier
Athena the virginal queen
modesty made attractive
purity prioritized in beauty
who ran through rape's smitten fires
with the strength of civilization in her hands
Yet even you, Pallas Athena,
illustrious among even immortals,
are not without your faults
Even you fear death's decay
dragging your name into Lethe's depths
You weave with Fate's spindles in faulted pride
as your equals fall beneath your altar
spinning spiders slaving in cinders
and gorgons grazing beneath your Parthenon
made golden by their angered gaze
Are you not jealous as well as just?
Is not your immorality made irrelevant
in the light of your immorality?
One does begin to wonder
If your wisdom is mere intelligence
Your knowledge mere luck covered stupidity
Your duty and honor merely a fear
To be seen as a vulnerable beauty
Your prized purity mere pride
Your longevity simply a lie
Perhaps all the exists of you
Is a memory wasted with the false belief
That your good outweighs your transgressions
Poseidon hurt me,
took me against my will after I swore
my body and my mind to you, oh beloved goddess
He ravaged me like a madman,
consumed by his lust and disregard for consequences.
He screamed like a fool and left me there,
shaken in your home.
Ruined in front of my lady.
I had no place left to go-
my entire life sworn to you, grey eyed goddess,
protector of cities.
And i wept.
Wept for the atrocious crimes you had to witness,
and for my innocence, so brutally taken.
and for you, most beautiful goddess.
and as the tears hit my skin-
scales erupted.
Painful scales, making me writhe
it felt like fire consumed my entire body.
And even after the fire of my body ended,
my eyes still felt like fire,
my hair-my beautiful hair,
the locks Poseidon had grabbed in climax,
it whispered into my ears
and as I looked around all I could see was stone.
I knew at once it was you.
They whispered into my ear of curses and pain,
the snakes.
Of stone men and some hero approaching,
and look at him before he gets your head.
And at long last, when wonderful, brave, handsome Perseus came to me-
i knew you had sent him.
I warned him.
You betray those loyal to you,
the victim but not the guilty.
So he took my head and I was forced into the pages of history
As a monster
I am what you made me.
You sleep ashore with longing eyes wide,
Consciously still to swell with the tide.
Late night before the endless, black sea,
I found you wavering there for me.
But lost you against the sky above,
And woke up mournfully in love.
Sunrise I found you in the garden, streaming,
With flowers in your hair, sprawled out and beaming.
You were warm like skin in summer rain;
We kicked across the fields you reign.
You seized my hand; my head still spins,
My love, you teem to merely exist,
And conquer means to infinite ends.
I take you in like roots take up rain,
Like a needle pricks an untapped vein,
Like a candle strips a savage flame.
You are the absolute ecstasy for which I distend,
The sun to which I tirelessly bend.
And I lust so much it burns me up;
When you see that dreams are not enough,
In a garden alluring, obscure, and lush—
The forbidden will awaken upon our touch.
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9/5/14
A storm collides, with a mystic flame,
It's raw force strikes, the last ancient Phoenix,
She rival's in pains agony, falling to the earth below.
The fire bird descends, crashing unto Mount Olympus,
From burnt ashes residue, a new deity arises,
Behold it is she, Athena the golden goddess.
The blaze of hail's fire, burns through her finger tips,
Thunder bolts strike, in aggressions anger,
Wisdom's strategist, in the art of war.
None compare to this battle hardened warrior,
Patron saint of the gods, a heavy metal protectress,
She is the iron clad maiden, guardian of the
Grecian world.
A shimmering silver shield of lightening,
Blinds in a flash oppositions foe,
Weildiing the double edge blade of justice,
Her righteous might vs. evil's dark force.
Doesn't the earth itself shake utterly,
At her mere appearance.
Blow the ivory tusken horn, oh mighty Nikey,
Beloved symbol for victory, to vanquish thy adversary.
Sitting on the left shoulder of Athena, as the clash
Begins in Olympia, leave no Titan alive or unmangled.
Through the haze's fog, a golden chariot appears,
Pulled by Hades twelve black Stallions, breathing
Hell's fire, with crimson eyes piercing the nights
Dark abyss.
Thus she is the master of this devils herd, a
Golden Goddess Athena, striking fear in the
Hearts of the foreign invaders.
In the Greek pantheon, her valor is celebrated,
And she is victorious on the behest of the gods.
Pay homages respect to her, Athenian's, for she is,
The Grecian image to courage and strength.
Beware this golden goddesses glare, it is the rising
Of the storm to come.
BY: CHERYL ANNA DUNN
Beauty!a major gift to her.
Swift in swords art,
A lover of wisdom,
A heart stronger than steel
The sight of her beautiful city
Laid wake all night
Giving thanks to their
Beautiful patron goddess
The sight of athens
Was nearly as beautiful as athena
With the owl as her symbol
Of peace and justice.
Athena!a beautiful and
Wise warrior princess
The pride of Olympus
Athena!the heart of her father
Her beauty knew no mother
She was talented like no other
Her vast rule knew no border
She was bathed with gold
And rays of sunshine.
Her love for wisdom made
her unique in a godly way
With her sword of wisdom on
Her right hand and a shield
Of experience on the left,
She led her people to war
And always came back victorious
Athens was the pride of greece
Gifted with great men...
of great many talents.
It all leads back to her
The patron goddess athena
She ruled with peace and justice
Her uniqueness revealed itself
In many ways.....Of all on
Olympus,she was singled out
As the wisest and bravest
To have ever lived.
You fill cavities in me I never knew were there
Like you dug inside and wildly bloomed
I felt your inviting light invade the sleep
‘Til I was jarred, shorn up, and doomed
I still think somehow I will I saturate you, too
When he doesn’t love you the way that I do
When I sleepwalk and find myself in you
I watch you late night when you dance to infinity
With a fire I wish you’d feel for me
Brimming and beautiful and ineffably free
As though you and I were meant to be
I sleep for days to shake you off
I see you out and nostalgically stop
I watch you blush as I plainly stare
You laugh and go on unaware
but
how
you
bleed
through the mind-numbingly empty
And blunt humdrum liars and sickening travesty
I pick you out of the crowd with such fluttering ease
You stick out like the moon through the autumn trees
Sometimes you smile as you watch me pass by
But I am letting you go, this time, this night
I am nothing against your backdrop of sky,
A shadow within your celestial light.
How sweet is my girl Joan whom I adore.
Much like an ancient goddess handed me
then by Zeus great god known from ancient lore.
This my Athena, choicest maid that be.
To my heart's closed door she now holds the key.
All I have I give free on low bended knee.
This my love I have laid before your throne
A source for thy well being my dear Joan.
ATHENA
A girl so gorgeous to regard upon with grins
does protect this peaceful city with serene souls.
She blesses all the dwellers with witful arts and
cunning crafts that carve them into beautiful souls
into beautiful souls that radiate transformation
of cocoons into butterflies that fly freely
in the sky with birds, white clouds, and the flaming sun.
From her sheath her sword was drawn to slay many beasts
who crept the peripheries of the city walls,
in search of human prey with avaricious fangs.
They creep and crawl and roar many frightful screeches,
that imbue the human heart with horror and fear.
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 shall add our names to songs of their history.
I yearn to become a part of you down to the very core of your being. My place is with you and to be always in your grace. I whisper your name in the secret crypt of my covenant; that no other man alive can witness your worth to me. For you are for me… and me alone.
Whenever I hold you in my arms, I control all time and space. Whenever I look into your eyes, I stand face to face with the immortals… all those in Heaven. Your eyes, your lips, your touch on my flesh, the smell of your skin Ahhhh…The taste of you, the breath of you, I …
Exhaling to release the passion of my love for you, I yield momentary rest. Gathering my thoughts, I silence the ego of my vanity of knowing it is I who wash my soul in the waters of your natural spring and is revived; I who eat the fruit of your garden and bear the strength of 10.
I chuckle at the mere mortals that walk the earth as men. With you, by my side, I am the royalty on which Nobles stand. I am the might of Hercules and the power of Zeus. By the roar of the greatness of the lion “The King” ... I hold immense pride in bringing you to heights of mountains, to the falls of its waters, and the pleasures of its wonders. You’ve captured me with the force of tornado winds, and on your wings, I am carried still.
07-05-19
Written for a contest. Placed as N/A. Not sure why.. As a woman, I have witnessed men dominate, rule, and conquer for the love of a woman. This is what I believe went through their minds. As per history..per-sae.
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
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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
ATHENA
Appears a deity.
Asserting intellect.
Affirms truth and knowledge.
And strong morality.
Always offers wisdom.
Also accomplishments.
Athena Greek Goddess.
03/03/22
Greek Mythology
Second place
Contest by Joseph May.
2022 poetry Marathon Mile 15
Contest by Mark Toney
Enduring Symbol
Athenian Monument
Is The Parthenon
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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 the lake holding,
The Sword of Athena thrusting it high.
Lightning hits the sword it starts,
Glowing with fire as the lady hands,
My sword to me as she lowers back,
Into the lake.
She glances telling me your time is near,
Athena, the war is coming,
My Queen, you have to be ready.
The thunder awakes,
Me from my stupor.
I see visions of the past.
As I open my eyes,
I see Zeus, Aphrodite, and Ares,
Standing before me,
My father, my sister, and my brother.
Today is different; there is an owl
Outside my window.
Things are changing.
I believe, and I feel the urgency,
Therefore I must be ready.
The storm is approaching.
I look at the sword with tears in my eyes,
Not believing what I am seeing,
Hearing Zeus tell me, "He wanted you to have it.
The Lady in the lake kept it for you until now."
I can only say one word "Excalibur."
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
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