Best Greece Poems

Love of truth
the very light of Greece
A peninsula thrust out
like a bony hand,
‘God-tormented Greece,’
Zeus exclaimed, 
“I shall give man ‘an evil,’ as the price of fire:
They will clasp destruction with laughter of desire.”

The Gods live on-even though obscure.
Fate rules them too, as Zeus learns
the heroes...

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A CLASSIC SUMMER IN GREECE

               Viciousness and mystery erupt on arid soil.
               Summer heat and idle time...

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Let's Go
Life's Slow...

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Oh, ancient Greece, 
How much you have filled my soul.
The aesthetics of your kind, 
Are more than satisfied
By your beautiful eyes.

The epics of grace, 
Odysseus and Helen’s sublime face.
The war between two cities, 
And a tale of returning to beauty.

The dialectic of Socrates trial, 
The...

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There once lived a lady in Greece
Who was always in trouble with police
Walking around nude
Like a cow she mooed
Offering young Greeks a taste of her t(r)eats


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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I
You all know her, love her, enjoy them poems
Above all, a people-person, with three homes
I mean home-countries: first is Greece, Jenn's birth
Then there's England, UK: a must for mirth or rebirth
Third, and where I feel her close, South Africa
We share citizenship in RSA, of Nelson...

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A bit of dried bread
and a cell - a basket full
of prayers and tears.

Here there's room 
for the entire humankind....

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LORD, I humbly greet You, early this new day, a Tuesday in May
I return to my prayer list with "N" countries, from Netherlands to Norway
Adoration is the FIRST STEP (one way to PRAY) using "A-C-T-S"
The letters, not the word, "A" for adoring Him, God IS...

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         Santorini, Greece

I see a sunny bedroom where almost
everything is Santorini blue.
Our clothes, scattered everywhere.
And me, asleep, under a silky 
sheet!
Your chest, my heavenly,sweet pillow, 
a cherished and memory to keep.

Our vast window can be seen with
Santorini...

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Winter’s chill pierces my frail heart
My shallow breath could cease,
Ere spring arrives, I may depart
For the sunny islands of Greece.

Beautiful Kythira
Cenozoic era
Lovely riviera

I dream of the Aegean Sea,
Winter’s chill so depresses me. 

[Quietus]

written February 4, 2022...

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My favorite legend still has salt on it,
white freckles left from the sea of Colchis.
If you search carefully, 
you might even find a whisp of golden byssus
slipping into your palm. 

Chart laid out,
course set for the ram of Phrixus;
fleece beyond the friendly sea
one must brave...

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Ancient arenas
Dot valleys of green
Olive tree lined
Stoic serene

Gone is the echo
The sounds of the play
Done is the suffering
Of Antigone

Daughter of Gods
Caring and kind
Her brother’s keeper
Loyal to die

Ancient arenas
Magical myths
Beautiful backdrop
For the nymph I am with

Headstrong and honest
Gorgeous green eyed
Intriguing Igoné 
Daughter divine

Keeper of many
Righteous and...

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AN ILL-FATED ADDRESS

Being on holiday in Athens was truly the best 21st present 
my parents could have given me, stayed with my granddad,
felt great, I traveled on my own, no more an adolescent.
Sad that I would not see my grandma, she died five years prior.
My...

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Cont'd from Minotaur: Part I

When Theseus arrived in Crete,
he met a lovely maid.
She knew what death awaited him
and hurried to his aid.

She slipped a spool of silky thread
into his hands and said:
"Use this to leave the maze, my friend."
And then the maiden fled.

When Theseus was...

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There was a king in ancient Greece,
and Minos was his name. 
His kingdom was an island — Crete.
Enormous was his fame.

In Athens ruled another king
he too — a mighty one.
And once he was the gracious host
of Minos' only son.

The lad was sent by Athens' king
to...

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