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Premium Member 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



Premium Member Hector
Poiseidon'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
Premium Member Achilles, Bloody Battles, Death's Black Hand As Was Fated Part Three, the Conclusion
Achilles, 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
In the Minds Fixed Eye
VIII

In the minds fixed eye I see five newly discovered graves,              
Headless...

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Categories: hector, myth,
Form: Rhyme
A Classic Summer In Greece For Fantasy Contest
A CLASSIC SUMMER IN GREECE

               Viciousness and mystery erupt on arid...

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Categories: hector, life, lost love, love,
Form: Couplet



Ode To Troy
Your 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
Premium Member In Love's Embrace This Soul Shall Flourish
In 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
Premium Member 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 Drover
Our 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
Premium Member Echoes of Ancient Tales
Written: 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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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hector, appreciation, history, introspection, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
South African Freedom Day
freedom 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?
Premium Member Dante's Hell, Fourth Canto, Second Part
Continuation 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 One
OK  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 Woman
An 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
Premium Member Watching Homer Struggle
Watching 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

Book: Reflection on the Important Things