The Bard of Ancient Smyrna
...After enjoying a pleasant walk, I then spent an hour at a park,
And I relished the dulcet sounds, of cheery airborne skylarks.
The blooms were so lovely, all sultry in the fervid sunshine,
And t...
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Categories:
chiton, adventure, age, fantasy, history,
Form: Couplet
A Stream of Laughter
...Sunlit water frolics
over a stone-strewn base.
Chattering waters,
playfully tumbling children
on a high hill, rolling down.
Both translucent and opaque
blues and greens magnified
by reflec...
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Categories:
chiton, children, nature,
Form: Free verse
April Is the Month Persephone Comes Back
...April is the month Persephone comes back
from Tartarus, crossing the river of death, Styx,
with her stillborn child in her breast. The river she crosses with
her child though flows while carryi...
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Categories:
chiton, april, dark, death, ,
Form: Free verse