Best Athenian Poems
Below are the all-time best Athenian poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of athenian poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
athenian, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my...
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Categories:
athenian, death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
Form:
Epigram
DemocracyOh, Democracy,*
You, the most desirable bride among
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout
History
In every part of the world, you...
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Categories:
athenian, people, philosophy, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Plato's RetreatPlato's Retreat
I want to be just like Socrates,
Grow a long beard and do as I please.
And be asking you allot of questions . . ....
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Categories:
athenian, creation, faith, inspiration, philosophy,
Form:
Blank verse
Democracy IiOh, Democracy,*
You, the most desirable bride among
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout
History
In every part of the world, you...
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Categories:
athenian, philosophy, political, society,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
athenian, age, anniversary, courage, dark,
Form:
Free verse
AuburnIt is thy wanton gestures that contrive inside long auburn
curls -
Wherefore to diminish the pleas of a warm, lustful
breeze!
For though gilded rays shall grace all...
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Categories:
athenian, love, mythology,
Form:
Rhyme
Of the Dreaded Scourge Currently Afflicting the Municipality and Environ of My Nativity and YouthThis dread disease that has afflicted my home,
This malady, this plague on my house;
This making convertible the former quaintness and provincialism thereof
Into something...
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Categories:
athenian, adventure, allegory, allusion, anger,
Form:
I do not know?
Citizen of the World"I am not an Athenian or a Greek,
but a citizen of the world" - Socrates.
Irish and Scottish instrumental music
is one of my favorite.
I have...
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Categories:
athenian, beauty, culture, identity, life,
Form:
Free verse
An Ode To Ancient GreeceOh, ancient Greece,
How much you have filled my soul.
The aesthetics of your kind,
Are more than satisfied
By your beautiful eyes.
The epics of grace,
Odysseus...
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Categories:
athenian, history
Form:
I do not know?
Country FareI've traveled from the farm in Indiana, the place of my humble birth,
To places I never dreamed of seeing all around this earth!
On ships, trains...
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Categories:
athenian, food, funnyold, garden, old,
Form:
Rhyme
A Night On the TownWe drive and we sit and we think-talk
And talk-think
The wind blows words out of our mouths before we can
And through our satanic smoke rings
We see:
A...
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Categories:
athenian, confusion, lost love
Form:
Ekphrasis
Cause and Effect Death of Socrates - Fall of AthensThe Death Of Socrates
What reasoning has brought you to this place
where death destroys your gift of sanctity?
Before the fall of night, and in disgrace
yes, all...
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Categories:
athenian, dedication, history, philosophy,
Form:
Sonnet
Waiting For LoveNymphius sits by the shores of the Aegean Sea,
waiting for her lover to return home. This is not
the first time she has done so.....
She always...
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Categories:
athenian, beautiful, body, feelings, imagery,
Form:
Narrative
The Real PheidippidesThe Real Pheidippides
Athenian messenger Pheidippides
Died 30 years before the birth of Thucydides
Most famous hemerodrome day-runner
Ran a 300-mile ultramarathon stunner...
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Categories:
athenian, race,
Form:
Clerihew