Circe Poems - Poems about Circe

The versatile goddess Circe shapeshifts herself into a dolphin Happily diving in and out of the waters of the island of Aeaea From a balcony the king watches her, recognizing her power Her magic lures him closer to the edge, he is mesmerized She jumps high into the air, entertaining him Knowing full well she is enticing him into the...

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Advice to Young Poets by Nicanor Parra Sandoval loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Youngsters, write however you will in your preferred style. Too much blood flowed under the bridge for me to believe there’s just one acceptable path. In poetry everything’s permitted. Byron was not a shy one, as peacocks run. —Michael R. Burch When I visited Lord Byron's residence at Newstead Abbey, there were peacocks running around...

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Amóre; what is that, he wondered, before, before her, before the raw Circean glimpsed across the buzzing dance crazed rhythmic beating pulsing room. Erudite, perniciously droll his father was, he could have been, the old generation, but not him, no sir; he was master of the universe. It took a while to traverse the room, jam-packed with hot, febrile bodies in karezza writhings, bodies...

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FROM THE ur POEMS u-turn: another way to look at religion by Michael R. Burch ... u were borne orphaned from Ecstasy into this lower realm: just one of the inching worms dreaming of Beatification; u would love to make a u-turn back to Divinity, but having misplaced ur chrysalis, u can only chant magical phrases, like Circe luring ulysses back into...

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Ocean (Circe) Clearly an abyss, you paint your lips blue, adorn yourself in light's zirconium-hue- masquerading as some golden gem, laden Queen. Lying in your bed in waiting, offering the possibility of adventure, of hidden world's of retreat. Your magic mesmerizes and flaunts. Teases with possibilities imagery. Endless font. Stories to sell. Corrupting your fools, licking your taunts upon their feet. Mermaids minions in seductions reflection so demure. Reflecting...

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"The Circe Effect" (Part 1) Circe, Goddess of magic, nymph, witch, bold enchantress daughter of Helios, Sun God, her father, can you imagine? ... let me paint you further, the tree of this wacked-out family canvas - daughter of Perse, her mother, wild Oceanid Nymph, spawned not on landmass, but in the vast deep blue deep. Aeetes, her brother...

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"The Circe Effect" (Part 2) In solitary confinement, she remained all alone in a big old mansion in the middle of a woodland zone there she sat weaving on her loom all alone on that Island of Aeaea, until that good sort, Odysseus walked into her home. Athena, sent Hermes to warn Odysseus “Beware Circe’s wizardry! Beware!” and handed...

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