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Best Caligula Poems


Ah, Caligula!
Ah, Caligula!
To history known,
Germanicus, excessive extravagance in Rome.
Delation must fall as thou rise from thy throne,
the senate quakes amidst the undulation’s tow.

Ah, Caligula!
One should never be avid,
or accept the as-is, as in to be average.
-Thoust be what all there be ever that is,
and the ego...

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Categories: caligula, funny, inspirational, people, philosophywords,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ludicrous Caligula
all hail the world's bane
ludicrous caligula
terrible buffoon
riding on an ass, an ass
sliding on banana skins

© Gail Foster 20th January 2017...

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Categories: caligula, america, metaphor, political, power,
Form: Tanka
Caligula
Caligula,boss of the roman empire
he and his horse Incitatus
they ruled with sword and searing fire
his horse was truly audacious

hanging out at the local bar
Incitatus and Caligula gloats
parting never very far
drinking beer and eating oats

Toast to feats and daring raids
on the Gaules of olden France
they teased...

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Categories: caligula, funny, horse,
Form: Free verse

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Caligula Rules
Cheapskate perfume soils sweat-strapped ambience,
Crippled, choked extractor fan despair,
Palms dripping moisture cling to greased pale hips,
Swaying on the shag-pile threading bare.
Urgent urge to strip her body down, take her there,
Mercy straining leash-growling agony;
The desecrate of love, sweet picture perfect face,
Rigours of ******, ransack and obscenity.
Frenzied...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: caligula, allegory, visionary,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry