Best Hector Poems
Below are the all-time best Hector poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of hector poems written by PoetrySoup members
Hector
He claimed the highest perch
in the breeding loft and was, by far,
the biggest pigeon in the flock.
I named him Hector.
A thick, puffed up ball
of red...
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Categories:
hector, bird, humor, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
HectorPoiseidon's waters roil and roar
All up and down the craggy coast;
Their winedark waves have brought the host
Of foreign men all drunk for glory,
For the sake...
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Categories:
hector, history, loss, warfather, father,
Form:
Rhyme
Achilles, Bloody Battles, Death's Black Hand As Was Fated Part Three, the ConclusionAchilles, Bloody Battles, Death's Black Hand As Was Fated
Part Three, (the Conclusion)
Dawn, bright rays fell upon Achilles and his band
exiting ship, Greek sandals felt soft...
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Categories:
hector, art, character, dedication, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
hector, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
A Classic Summer In Greece For Fantasy ContestA CLASSIC SUMMER IN GREECE
Viciousness and mystery erupt on arid...
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Categories:
hector, life, lost love, love,
Form:
Couplet
Ode To TroyYour buildings were burned,
Your walls they were torn,
And just like that Priam's Kingdom was no more.
Your damnation was brought on by the lusts of a...
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Categories:
hector, history, mythology,
Form:
Ode
In Love's Embrace This Soul Shall FlourishIn Love's Embrace This Soul Shall Flourish
(Collaboration Nicola Byrne and Robert Lindley)
“Beloved, forgive my reservations, for dismay has taken hold;
Though thy love has cast infinite...
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Categories:
hector, art, beautiful, creation, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Troy(Dedication: For Michael Zachary, my son)
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Sense this knowing: can the blind see?
Homer still sings fond tragedy.
Troy was a thought where siege was laid,
A war well...
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Categories:
hector, devotion,
Form:
Couplet
Our Mate Charlie the DroverOur Mate Charlie Brummell
Yes mate we went a droving back in nineteen fifty eight,
The drovers cook was pretty rough, he couldn`t wash a plate....
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Categories:
hector, adventureold, home, day, home,
Form:
Rhyme
Echoes of Ancient TalesWritten: June 22, 2023
In the realm of ancient lore, I yearn to reside,
To bear a deep dive into tales untied.
Achilles, a warrior with a heart...
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Categories:
hector, appreciation, history, introspection, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
South African Freedom Dayfreedom day
(april the 27th 1994)
far too many brave compatriots died
and
flooding rivers of tears were cried
far too many families ripped apart
with
daggers cutting into their heart
the...
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Categories:
hector, forgiveness, history, hope, life,
Form:
I do not know?
Dante's Hell, Fourth Canto, Second PartContinuation from previous poem
We reached the footer of a castle steep,
Seven times by walls encircled very tall,
Defended by a river hard to leap.
We overpassed it...
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Categories:
hector, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Eulogy For a Fly - Part OneOK Let’s get started, huh?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, on this sad occasion, it is my painful duty to welcome
You all to the farewell...
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Categories:
hector, funnyfamily, education, family, me,
Form:
Prose Poetry
An Epic WomanAn Epic Woman
Woman tell me your thoughts
Shall I be the fool and you the teacher?
Am I your Adonis, or do you see a...
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Categories:
hector, fantasy, love, me, woman,
Form:
Classicism
Watching Homer StruggleWatching Homer struggle
to explain how a god wounded by a mortal
cannot die but may thereafter live with minor pain
and the humor when that god
complains to...
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Categories:
hector, blue, daughter, father, jewish,
Form:
Verse