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Egyptian Pharaohs
Your 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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© Jorge Toro  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pharaohs, adventure, art, childhood, imagination,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Pharaohs
THE 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 Pharaohs
As 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

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Pharaohs and Pyramids
My 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 Gold
The 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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© Meru Groen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pharaohs, sunset,
Form: Verse
Premium Member 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




Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry