Best Athens Poems
Below are the all-time best Athens poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of athens poems written by PoetrySoup members
Oft From a Distant Echo, It Is Heard Fifth Poet In My Dedication Series(1.) Honoring John Keats
, fifth poet in my dedication series
Oft From A Distant Echo, It Is Heard
At the start comes just a solitary word
oft...
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Categories:
athens, appreciation, art, beautiful, creation,
Form:
Sonnet
World War 11 Through the Eyes of My MomWORLD WAR 11 THROUGH THE EYES OF MY MOM
POEM NO. 1 OF TRILOGY
World war 11 was nearing its end,
The Nazis losing ground
In Russia, been...
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Categories:
athens, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Delicious Food I Ate During My TravelsIf you judge food with the quantity put before you
Then my first choice will be the Victoria Hotel*.
On Sunday lunch, food is too plentiful, makes...
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Categories:
athens, food, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am a Proud Greek SundialI AM A PROUD GREEK SUNDIAL
I only tell of sunny hours historically,
And go back to when I was built,
Fifty years before Christ was born,
Have...
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Categories:
athens, pride,
Form:
Personification
Once Upon a TimeI was born on the closing days of
The second World War
In a small village of north-west of Greece
Up on the mountains.
The country was...
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Categories:
athens, age, life, nature, technology,
Form:
Bio
The Trip of My Lifethe grace of Paris
lingering in my thoughts. . .
Madrid’s grimy walls
As our small group of students entered Madrid, it was an early morning in...
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Categories:
athens, travel,
Form:
Haibun
The Battle of Thermopylae - a Spartan Death Wish - 480 BcTHE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE - A SPARTAN DEATH WISH - 480 BC
300 Spartans or hoplites , the truly heroic ...
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Categories:
athens, august, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
A Lion Looms ListlessA cold lion roams, doctrinaire and sterile,
The expanse of Africa offers him no sanctuary, the Saringehti no salvation,
He can only smell the scent of his...
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Categories:
athens, character,
Form:
Epic
Cosmos Coloured KaleidoscopeATHENS DECEMBER 1983
COSMOS COLOURED KALEIDOSCOPE
A world so full of people,
Yet so empty,
Its vacuum is unbelievably painful,
Our cosmos surrounds us
In it’s infinite greatness,
But within, lies only...
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Categories:
athens, life,
Form:
Free verse
My Granddaughter JenniferJENNIFER
I posted a poem on the 11th February 2019 that my Grandfather wrote to me in 1971, titled,
“My Granddaughter Jennifer”. I...
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Categories:
athens, happiness, life,
Form:
Rhyme
My Ancestors EscapePRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the...
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Categories:
athens, war,
Form:
Free verse
My Dearest JenniferMY DEAREST JENNIFER
My dearest Jennifer,
In your letter,
You said my poem was really terrific,
I say, your verses are beyond critic,
Our thoughts must meet somewhere,
Perhaps high in...
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Categories:
athens, grandfather, love,
Form:
Rhyme
As I Began To Understand Virginia Woolfas i began to understand Virginia Woolf
her voice from a room of her own
i realized i was upon a mountain
she had exposed the molehill it...
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Categories:
athens, august, celebration, encouraging, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Take My Hand We Are To Dance In the Starstake my hand we are to dance in the stars
it is a whirlwind in its arms
as we glide thru they will dance
in a tiara of...
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Categories:
athens, dance, for her, i
Form:
Romanticism
Outside the Bounds of Sister CeciliaOUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF SISTER CECILIA
the best firecracker
otherworldly seven hues
hiss, cackle, kaboom
Yes, dear ones, I want to own a pen that produces perfect penmanship,...
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Categories:
athens, poets, writing,
Form:
Haibun