Brutus Poems - Poems about Brutus

"And you, Brutus?" And then was Caesar dead. A moment's act and history's chapter done; A moment's thrust and Caesar's life was bled, And you the one that Caesar thought his son. But were you son of Rome, and that came first? Did Caesar die a hero, or a knave? Can justice spring from such a violent burst? Can sudden murder be...

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Well, Brutus was that sort of chap As whacked his old man in the Cap. The senators there, They’d stab or they’d stare, With all other business a wrap. ...

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Brilliant bright brazen Brazilian Brutus brokered brave Broomsticks bragging beyond bellowing birch branches Bypassing bitty bites brought on by bystanders....

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O familiar stranger tormenting my mind, Why do you hide behind the veils? Why did you act so apathic when you stood in my presence ? Why do you strike me from behind as a vermin? And cut through my flesh masking your face. You deny me your identity until my last gasp. You, a wolf hid as do...

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Brutus, my slavering Rottweiler, growls He knows he's tougher than pooches with tails The long pointed studs on his black leather collar Are matched by his canines which make poodles holler The drooling saliva that trails from his jaws As he lumbers about on his four massive paws Is soaking the ground and his talon like claws Encouraging folk to keep children...

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Athol Fugard is a leading voice in theater of Africa will he condone silence about the street execution f George Floyd? Dennis Brutus was being deported from USA in 1980s, from U. Penn (I helped get him to speak against South Africa's Racist Constitution, at Ohio University in 1984. I confess, with Libyan money as donation!) Would the late...

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EVEN YOU BRUTUS Many are the thoughts in hearts of men, None to decipher it, A smile can be for good and also for evil, None to comprehend it, Handshake can be for unnoticed challenge, The mind has planned mischief and the hand is set to execute it. You were my friend, Swayed by greed you turned the cards against me in secret, And...

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At last the fleet sailed into the Trojan delta shallow waters still filled with wreckage from the siege Silt from Scamander and Simoeis building numerous new islands all anchored on the old refuse boats were beached and tents were set animals set free to graze in the Plain Eager Brutus left the encampment left behind him, his ships, his...

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(continued from While Caesar watches for Brutus Part One) Then you think of a face you love, those prayers begin You try to crawl safely back in The crowd disperse with taunts of " chicken" You reach for the priest's hand, you begin to stand But you slip on a pigeon's shhhhhh........ You awaken in a body cast from head to...

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The world is so mechanical It is so scientific It's getting to be so-so difficult Everything works at a fingers touch Everything is speeded up too much Neon lights the night Smog darkens the sunlight Time is to the seconds While details are at a multitude There are directions for directions And everything is divided up into sections You need explanations for instructions And a new...

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the unfinished ending verse is currently So the trjojans came to Albion's Isle The encampent named Totness - the headlands of All for when brutus stepped down from his ship he shouted here I am and take my rest, and This place is all Veni et requiesce sum totus there is a lot between still being written who / what greets...

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Brutus Iulius Trois page 08 Suddenly stillness all sounds silenced the last pirate slain. From the bowels of the Tireme came cheers that grew louder From men newly freed from their enslavement to the Thracian oars Phyrgians, Scythians, Mysians and Lycians all hittite clansmen, kinsmen and allies of the Trojan tribes also were heard loud laudations...

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Brutust Iulius Trois Page 07 Brutus called his captains into conference we are done with creeping along the shorelines prepare now to sail out across the Aegean the winds are with us and Troy awaits! Imogen seeing Hesione, ceased weeping Hesione, were you happy with your lot? was Telamon a better fate than Neptune's dragon. So you are returned home having...

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Brutus Iulius Trois Page 06 The defeated Pandrasus spoke out his weary words weighted with wisdom. Linus is as Greek as I am Greek and as a Greek let him inherit the crown, I'll name no other heir. take for yourself as bride my Imogen, my daughter many fine ships shall be her portion and peace shall be...

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Brutus Iulius Trois Page 05 Loud laughed Pandrasus Hear the mice roar yet stubborn Pandrasus swiftly gave chase over the high mountain, through the deep forest so easily he fell to the trap Brutus had laid on Achelous's banks Brutus did ambush the king Brutus standing tall looked down at Pandrasus Pandrasus said Brutus Irony is fates game Greek oppression rebuilt...

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