Best Clio Poems

Oh Clio, muse of history…
As I look back, please help me, please
Sometimes it’s seen not so clearly 
At seventy-two, a lot one sees.

Classic history’s read...

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Inside my mailbox late last month; nine packs of seeds - a mystery!
I hadn't ordered anything, but curious was I to see
what might become of...

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Asking neither names, nor historical periods, Clio draws wide circles of popular masses around square lonelinesses. What's all this noise about? A rich man’s circumference...

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The nine muses
Daughters of Zeus
Inspiring of mortals
And nurturers of the arts
The first was,
The divine Calliope,
Beautiful-voiced,
Was the muse of the epic poets
A writing tablet in her...

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Calliope, gives us epic poetry, but not to me
Erato, erotica I’d rather have a cup of tea,
Clio, gives us all that is past and gone
Euterpe,...

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Sodium and Chlorine Go On a Date

By Elton Camp

Nate and Clio were electrically okay
Protons equaled electrons that way

But there was a good reason why
When they...

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I got like a million reasons to keep it going. Because I’m determined dad.
I’m always be inside of my bag.
Trying to give my son what...

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To one who places pen to paper,
one may work the whims of Terpsichore

Those who write a witty Chastushka,
may be hearing the voice of Polyhymnia

Those who...

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I AM SITTING IN A RUN DOWN CLIO ROAD LAUDUARY MAT WERE THE FLOORS IS NOT SWEEP OR MOP AND THE ROOF IS FALLING APART....

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Of all the gods and goddesses
Found in Greek mythology,
My favorites are the nine Muses*,
Each means something special to me:
Calliope is epically bombastic;
Urania has stars in...

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(Summon the Muse)

Calliope drops sensuous
sounds from her fingertips.
My outstretched arms catch
and hold them to my bosom,
wherein they suffer death.

Clio presents her backside.
My impassioned pleas fall
on...

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ALLEGORY GIRL
clio,his muse-
just to amuse?
It's for us to choose

see my cartoons @www.vermeersgirl.blogspot.com...

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To enter poetry,
you need to be ready...
that you warm up
because poetry can be
as cold as a winter night...
Be care not to freeze
body and soul...
On another...

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I see you smiling:
At the clean, open window,
Spring, sunny Paris,
Sitting with Linda,
Eating the apple,
Drinking fresh water,
Very big Apple,
Her smiling daughter,
Love you, my darling,
Missing and thinking...

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Calliope has turned her back on fate,
She will be a muse no more,
She has halted all her metrical speech,
She no longer frolicks,
At the fountain of...

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