Cetus Poems - Poems about Cetus

A Story Sketched by Stars

...The stars of heaven a story tell,
as on the canvas of the sky
with pictures, bold and intricate,
each night they speak without a word.

Ancient stargazers sketched the signs
that God arranged a...

Categories: cetus, blessing, god, jesus, religion,
Form: Free verse

good ideas only come at night

...I tore the page from its binder and ripped it to pieces, not wanting to be associated with the scribbles I had left on the sheet. To call that abomination 
'art' would be an insult to the craft, and...

Categories: cetus, inspiration, muse, myth, mythology,
Form: Haibun

New World Adromena

...New world Andromena is not chained to a rock long
Cetus thinks he can overpower her, but he is not that strong
Andromena no longer waits for the likes of Perseus to save her.
She unchains herself,...

Categories: cetus, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Crucible of Legends II

...
Possibilities, like children, navigate the classable realms,
settling upon the measurable.
Amorous piglets, their peachy snouts delve,
rooting through the trash heap of desire.

"In a time bey...

Categories: cetus, myth, writing,
Form: Free verse

The Crucible of Legends

...
Children of possibilities navigate the classable realms,
settling upon the measurable.
Amorous piglets, their peachy snouts delve,
rooting through the trash heap of desire.

"In a time beyond ...

Categories: cetus, allusion, art, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse

Son of Amittai - 1 of 2

...commissioning and attempted escape
“Son of Amittai, to Nineveh, go
And tell them of their great impending woe;
Their evil, like a stench, has come to me.”

But Jonah ran;...

Categories: cetus, bible, fish,
Form: Tail-rhyme

Big Bang Theory of Merope's Nebula

...Shimmering over a glassy sea, a moonlight carpet beams.
My walkway high to a starlit sky of memories from my dreams.

There mighty Taurus, rip-snortin’ bull, lowers his horns for battle.
Naked on...

Categories: cetus, universe,
Form: Rhyme

The Bewailing

...Underwater where sound
carries much farther
the bustling of fish feeding
awakens the whales 

tis morning above
frigates are moving 
their noise like fright rising
all the sea's creatures
su...

Categories: cetus, community, conflict, environment, ocean,
Form: Free verse

Ancient Light

...A story inscribed in the constellations
of the punctate canopy of night
Perseus astride the winged Pegasus
Hurtling to save his fair maid Andromeda 
from the beastly Cetus the seasick sea-serpent...

Categories: cetus, imagination, space, stars,
Form: Free verse

None Shall Keep Me From Your Shore

...not height of waves that I must crest
nor pull of tides from murky depths
not lack of sun or moon in sky
nor compass lost to view from eye
not Proteus or dread Cetus
nor Scylla or Charybdis
not...

Categories: cetus, dedication, love,
Form: Couplet

Brutus Iulius Trois Page 07

...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 aw...

Categories: cetus, history,
Form: Epic