Best Pharaohs Poems
Egyptian PharaohsYour mysticism captivates my world today
Covered in gold and ruins
We try to decode
What you left behind for us so long
Its been five thousand years
And we still feel so lost without you
Let your sun god Ra
Show us the path you took
The pyramids were the keys to...
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Categories:
pharaohs, adventure, art, childhood, imagination,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The PharaohsTHE PHARAOHS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
It wasn’t the Pharaohs that ruled the Nile
It was the priests that sanctioned their style
As long as the Pharaoh kept playing ball
The priests insured that he’d never fall
To make him acceptable to poor and unshod
They elevated his position to a living...
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Categories:
pharaohs, allegory, allusion, evil, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
Land of the PharaohsAs I lazily walked near the Great Pyramid of Giza,
fantasies of how three thousand years ago was in Egypt,
fill my mind; lords from as far places as China bringing gifts
to the royal palace; golden hieroglyphs emanating a blinding glow on pillars and palaces; the air...
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Categories:
pharaohs, adventure, africa, art, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Pharaohs and PyramidsMy blood straight from the earth;
so I scream louder,
All my life I been a victim to white powder.
Never ingesting but sometimes I question;
am I running from the devil
or moving fast from the reverend,
When I sit back in a session,
I blow a L for the...
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Categories:
pharaohs, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Into a Sunset of Pharaohs GoldThe scratches cut deep in red sandstone,
tell of that ancient Egyptian day.
When the sun on the hall of kings shone,
their faces formed from the light and shade.
The faithful sing in harmonic voice
to praise the idols the gods love most.
This beautiful day the peoples' choice,
parade...
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Categories:
pharaohs, sunset,
Form:
Verse
To POTUS from 'Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs'
Pull the wool over our eyes
Exploit your bully pulpit
Ha, ha!...
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Categories:
pharaohs, dance, humor, old, political,
Form:
Rhyme