Best Crete Poems

"The Circe Effect" (Part 1)


Circe, Goddess of magic, nymph, witch, bold enchantress
daughter of Helios, Sun God, her father, can you imagine? ... 
let me paint...

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they warned me
against extremes
intensity must not be indulged
"Flying in between
is your safety scene
not too high
not too low
don't look too longingly below
don't fly too close
to the...

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There once were mermaids hailing from Crete
The Aegean Sea they'd rule so sweet
        They'd enchant with their chant
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2012

Hungry reader, wild sea lover, wordsmith, listener of dreams and lies

Daughter of beloved parents –strong-- longingly and sorely missed

Left Alaska, empty nester, wrote a book...

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He was tall and cavalier
Wined me under a chandelier
How he was debonair
With his soft curls of hair
Gallant and handsome
Dance moves for a twosome
He swept me...

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A LEAF WITH A WINDOW TO THE PAST


After lunch, I took a leisurely walk.
I came across a giant leaf, that
whispered, as only a leaf can...

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Written: December 29, 2023 
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Mahogany motionless shadows
cast by deceitful sun,
a caterwaul unravels,
coeval betrayal
voice...

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I have travelled through the cluttered corridors of my tired mind countless times. 
I have reached deep into the dark abyss of my captive soul...

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there was a teacher from crete

whose foot size was quite petite

well students did plot

and to school they brought

some shoes for oversized feet.
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Was the place where we climbing down the bank
Then arrived, alpine and, for what was there
Such as, that any eyesight would be shrank.

Similar to landslide...

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Because the charity of my native place
Obliged me, the broken branches I the picked up
Them giving back him, who was to debase.

Then we finally reached...

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The Flag of the British Merchant Navy 

The Battle of the Atlantic

We’ve heard of the famous Mighty Hood that was sunk by a Bismarck shell
We...

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Cleopatra and Mark Antony
 
Cleopatra fell in love with Mark Antony 
She became ruler of Egypt by Antony's decree.
Forced to flee Egypt, her rumored suicide...

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The KING knew what great advantages education would BRING.
 A SCHOOL he opened, recommended by his trusted FOOL,
 A RETREAT built on the ideal island...

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So you are choosing Rocky Mountain Oysters over Meatballs
You love to eat them from a zip loc bag at the mall
You grew up in the...

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