Boreas Poems - Poems about Boreas

Horatio Nelson

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Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, N...

Along With The Thunder

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Along with the Thunder
came Tempestas, goddess of storms
turtle doves scattered on  
corrugated roof, grey feathers flying when glimpsing her fierce amber countenance 
this is time of rattlin...

Wind and Snow, Fire and Ice

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The gods are angry
and growing angrier.
Poseidon views his beautiful ocean
despoiled with garbage,
poisoned and polluted
by heedless humans.
He rages to Hephaestus
and Vulcan, gods
of cre...

I Feel The Eagle Feathers Of Zeus

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Inspired by Ink 

Hermes, Patron God of travelers in winged sandals and caduceus staff   
you claim Godspeed as you fly on and on and on   
Nike, Goddess of victo...

Stillness in November

...Over harvested fields —

I walk beneath the fading afterglow
of a forgotten lantern   a path worn
by wanderers older than the scroll of Zeno
its damp salve seeping through my coat
into m...

Dandelion Woman

...Oh look here— behold a dandelion woman
the original wild flower!
I go where I want to go
I grow where I want to grow —
don't matter if   y o u   say no

dandelion wine summertime
relax and rec...

Boreas by John William Waterhouse 1902 Oil on Canvas

...It’s not that I am languid, more that I am chagrined.
So disappointed to be met by this dreadful north wind.
I am on my way to see him, and I will look so disheveled.
I am convinced the god Boreas...

WIND aka homer

...Notus so wet & wild

Eurus a dryer warm child

Zephryus a sudden gale

Boreas brutal outside the icy pale...

Absolute deafening silence

...Absolute deafening silence...

during and after a moderate snowfall
today January 19th, 2024,
within Southeastern Pennsylvania
and elsewhere across the Eastern Seaboard,
whereby blanket of whit...

Winter Sonata - POTD

...Winter Sonata 11-29-23
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Winter Sonata

In grave allegro solo grey gathers,
Strings of winter fantasias
Brewing staccatos of frozen fall remnants,...

Ice Angel

...Soft flurry of snow, blown south to the sea,
brisk breath of Boreas breaks summer's stupe.
What strange, phantom dream here stands before me,
freezing river's course till it runs a loop?

How ra...

Wind God

...Wind god
Boreas- god
Of Winter and North Wind
Swept down from cold northern mountains
of Thrake

He blew
Cold icy gusts
Of breath from bloated cheeks-
Hair and beard spiked with ice, wide mo...

Tale of Two Cats Chasing a Toy

...Like the North Wind,
Sent by Boreas
to lay driven snow, pure
and white, an ivory
whirlwind blows
through my living room.
The rodent, pink as 
embarrassment, flies 
with the speed of a
crossb...

Have You Noticed

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Have you noticed how mature leaves fall
    
                                            Roofs of houses are blanketed 
        
                                                   ...

Spirited Gestures

...*Image of Morning Rise by Giphy.

Spirited Gestures

Cast restlessness about the wind,
That toss and empty leaves from trees,
The autumn season sees them thinned,
A tingling sense ...

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