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Premium Member Of the Famed Labors of Hercules Ninth Poet, Poet Dedication Series, Emma Lazarus
Of The Famed Labors Of Hercules
ninth poet, poet dedication series, Emma Lazarus

Through Time's mesmerizing and meandering paths,
Colossus of heroic worship rightly praised,
He that vented his...

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Categories: hercules, appreciation, art, dedication, hero,
Form: Rhyme



The Tower Rebuilt
I shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign 
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and...

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Categories: hercules, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Atlantis
~ATLANTIS~   Featuring:) Kelly Deschler

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Can't be re-written by the Gods
The land and sands of time'
Destroyed by the fire of Poseidon's curse 
Atlantis swallowed by:...

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Categories: hercules, beautiful, fire, grave, imagination,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Hush the Stars
“Look up at the stars,” you say
Its just another night up on the old water tank
Our blanket is spread and here we sit with the...

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Categories: hercules, passion, universe,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Market place of hallucination
In an endless night,
time is my nemesis.

In the realms of sleepwalking nightmares,
where trumpets blow an eerie tune,
I can see the Grim Reaper,
perched upon my tomb.

I...

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Categories: hercules, allusion, angst, fate,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Rise Up Warrior and Slay the Savage Beasts
Rise Up Warrior And Slay The Savage Beasts


Rise thyself up and fight the angry storm
Tomorrow will certainly be far too late
Stirring winds are flashing their...

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Categories: hercules, art, heart, life, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Who Is the Giant of Them All
WHO IS THE GIANT OF THEM ALL

Animals or humans, who is the giant of them all?
Bearing a two sheathed wings, the Hercules Beetles
crash the Titans...

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Categories: hercules, animal, character, imagery, nature,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Canto Xxvi Hell Translation Part2
After the flame had come here for news
When to my duke right seemed time and too place,
In such a way I heard him to diffuse:

“You...

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Categories: hercules, fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima
The Cosmic Gates
Welcome, dear children of light...We are star seeds from the Galactic Federation of Planets...many of us are from different worlds, galaxies, universes and dimensions...working together...

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Categories: hercules, celebration, creation, destiny, journey,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Mermaids' Omen
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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Categories: hercules, fantasy, lust, myth, sea,
Form: Limerick
Zinc Adulating

Abominable holiday season greeting to the have-nots me and you
Bombshell tabloid sleigh bells got those ear holes ringing
Cut the tax gift wrap ribbon, only good...

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Categories: hercules, metaphor, parody, slam, word
Form: ABC
Premium Member Bid Them Return With Knowledge of Eternity
Bid Them Return With Knowledge Of Eternity

Send out your best wandering tramps
to the far halls of mortal darkness
Bid them return with knowledge of eternity
and golden...

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Categories: hercules, art, conflict, hope, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Stars In Time
If I could go back in time;
I would rename the stars that shine.

Hercules and Perseus would be replaced;
Elijah and Moses would take their place.

The Ten...

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Categories: hercules, blessing, celebrity, dedication, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Celestial Sailing
Swallow me whole, you great astronomical abyss,
Stretch my soul, as you bear witness to my first kiss…

Take me to treasures beyond the Pillars of Hercules,
Passing...

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Categories: hercules, adventure, magic, universe,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Atlantis Bound (For Carolyn)
ATLANTIS BOUND  (for Carolyn)

Why this urge to dream?
Why this boundless    circular    empty place in mind?
A need to shut...

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Categories: hercules, fantasy
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs