Best Pompeii Poems

When nature takes a turn for the worst
grumbling rumbles shakes 
great balls of fire falling 
in her tears black snowfalls

Burning smell of sulphur burns
rolling down the mountains molten lava
they salute death rivers of flames
the chariots of Hell's fire

Crying infants wailing out mercy
embraced in their mothers...

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"POMPEII"



Her name was Pompeii
and I her mother,
loving her beyond measure,
took great angst, my heart bursting
from the betrayal - 
she, taking several lovers
basking in the underworld
where men are fickle
leaving unfinished poems
on walls shaking like loins
buried deep and dry
in denial of her 
sacrificial innocence,
welcoming rape, walking fire
tight,...

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side by side
happy and fulfilled
blissful and serene
the end was near

we closed our eyes
for one last kiss


AP: 3rd place 2022

Posted on November 10, 2022...

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Mount Vesuvius erupts in anger
warm air like butterfly wings
flashes against our cheeks
I hold you my final light...

We stand on the edge of the sea
a galaxy of smoke and soot
swirls around us...

My love I wish
I had wings to carry us
all I have is my shoulder
for you...

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Italian winds blow gently and smooth
Over hushed dusty remnants of lives past,
This once thriving city clueless of its fate
Lies frozen in time under hot blazing sun.

Chariots and horses stopped in their tracks,
Brothel patrons lie in silent passion
On lava beds of ashen cold comfort,
Slaves free of...

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In the Grecian bay, of Paradise lost, a slumbering Giant
Does sleep, at eases restless peace.
Beneath thunder mountain's base, across the blue divide,
Exists a bustling sea port, full of culture and tradition.
Beware Pompeii, for natures wrath hovers above thee.
Within safety’s sheltering harbor, the population lies
Completely at...

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Pompeii Slave Girl

There was a young slave of Pompeii
Whose master had ordered her stay
But she made a dash
Whilst he turned to ash
Proving girls always have the last say....

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Smoke and ash covers the sky.
Its day, yet it’s as dark a night
There’s wailing of children and women scream.

The mountain rumbles with Vulcan’s might.
Lava is the only light.

There’s no saving us.
Refuge won’t come.

Armageddon rains down from the heavens.
We feel a higher powers’ presence.

The great city...

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Sometimes I feel like such a jerk
To hear friends talk of long lost work
Few leave their homes
All had good jobs
From nine to five
Just working slobs
When all is really said and done
Where was real life?
Where was the fun?
So as the years now just roll by
And no...

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(A Variation of: Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg by Kenneth Koch)

Every time you enter the room
I see it as an extension of 
      Pompeii
That great 76 A.D. volcano erupting
In molten lava like a 2-liter of soda exploding
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The attraction of a flower wild-
brings out in all,the perpetual child...

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We moved inexorably 
towards idiocracy
we slipped without grip 
towards dependency
We prayed filled with nothing 
but false ecstasy
we crept towards our death 
instinctively
We lived as slaves
fully and intentionally

We are Pompeii, Herculaneum
the ones who filled
the stadium
Called for pitiless blood 
to warmly run
worshiped bearded men 
and starry sun
causation,...

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Pompeii 

Amid ashes pumice lay
Life in cinders Pompeii in disarray
Vesuvius plumed angry swell
Archeologists unearth deathly knell

Volcanic vomit ample spume
from sunlight golden to darkened gloom
Roman bathing in waters pure
Nimbus of fires blazing coiffure

In 79 AD it's eruption did occur
No time to flee , No time for...

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volcano erupts
bodies covered in ashes
fear etched on faces

10th September 2017...

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I won a holiday voucher; good luck had come my way
So we put the money towards my bucket list holiday

Ever since was small I’d dreamed of visiting Italy
To view the Pompeii ruins a sight I wanted to see

We flew off to stay in Sorrento at...

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