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Cretan Poems - Poems about Cretan


Premium Member 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......

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Categories: cretan, inspiration, muse, myth, mythology,
Form: Haibun
Sappho Translations VII
...Sappho Translations VI by Michael R. Burch Sappho, fragment 52 translation by Michael R. Burch Yesterday, you came to my house to sing for me. Today, I come to you to return the favor......

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Categories: cretan, desire, heaven, house, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Famed National Leader Speaks-So Does the Poetess
... The Leader Speaks: I just make believe I am a genius, like the great, gifted, Elon Musk. And I fooled my entire nation, with my adled brain,of gruel and mush! Behind me, fo......

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Categories: cretan, change, character, humor, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Black Rose
...Black Rose was her name, a pirate ship of great fame, she sailed the Cretan seas, of turquoise blue, so un-tame, crashing through the high waves, sea air in our hair, salt and rum on our tongu......

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Categories: cretan, boat, ocean, sea, travel,
Form: Free verse
Resurrecting Icarus
...Resurrecting Icarus or A Modern Moral Fable by Rick Folker Kansas City, Mo Daedalus claimed the sky, Built a labyrinth from which Theseus could fly ... Minos enraged, entombed the Tre......

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Categories: cretan, allegory, death, growth, mythology,
Form: Classicism



No One Else Could Hear
...We met through an acquaintance a Cretan from the age of men behaving badly Through poetry and books, it began a struggle of wills and spirits tamed but never broken Kindred lives of dishearted ......

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Categories: cretan, love,
Form: Prose Poetry
How To Avoid the Blob
...There is no need for blades of steel. Now, missiles and bombs do the job. To warmongers that has appeal. Man might someday be one big blob. Yes. Fighting commenced long ago. It started with A......

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Categories: cretan, history, peace, war,
Form: Quatrain
Give Peace a Chance Part 1
...Like the twelfth juror in the play I must say I am not convinced For I know a recipe for trouble I have seen the double standards And I do not approve this for Kenya I will never approve ......

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Categories: cretan, peace,
Form: Free verse
Cretan Clown
...The Cretan Clown from Crawford came chosen for greatness, age-old name. Skull and bones adorned his frame chosen for greatness, age-old name. Borders did they eliminate thus they sealed our Coun......

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Categories: cretan, allegory
Form: Free verse
Crawford Clown
...The Cretan Clown from Crawford came - chosen for greatness, age-old name. Skull and bones adorned his frame, chosen for greatness, age-old name. Borders did they eliminate - thus they sealed our C......

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Categories: cretan, funny, , western,
Form: Free verse

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