Best Boreas Poems

wind god
was Boreas 
of winter and north winds
swept down from cold northern mountains
of Thrake

he blew
cold icy gusts
of breath from bloated cheeks
hair and beard spiked with ice, wide mouth
howling 

sometimes
seen as horse-shaped
purple-winged swift stallion
he swept down on mares in new spring
to sire

horses
for King of Troy
mated with...

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Boreas!
What a bully you are.
You push your burdened mist
Against our proud brick walls,
Whipping up words in torrents.
Spiraling, spitting
Surf more appropriate
For the weathered cliffs,
The wispy eye of the sky.

Yet you provoke in me
Such wanton desires....

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It’s not that I am languid, more that I am chagrined.
So disappointed to be met by this dreadful north wind.
I am on my way to see him, and I will look so disheveled.
I am convinced the god Boreas is inclined to be bedeviled.

They say I...

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Wind god
Boreas- god
Of Winter and North Wind
Swept down from cold northern mountains
of Thrake

He blew
Cold icy gusts
Of breath from bloated cheeks-
Hair and beard spiked with ice, wide mouth
Howling

Sometimes
Seen as horse-shaped
Purple-winged swift stallion,
He swept down on mares, early spring
To sire

Horses
For King of Troy-
Mated with Trojan mares
Fathered the...

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