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Empedocles Poems - Poems about Empedocles

Vanity

...Vanity A poem about vanity in life inspired by Ancient Greek Wisdom As I wake up abruptly every single dawn With my body still asleep on futility’s lawn My spirit needs a fiery, enervating quic......

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Categories: empedocles, allegory, life,
Form: Ballad

Melina: the Rose In My Heart

...Melina: The Rose in my Heart A poem of love to my blue-eyed wonderful grand-daughter inspired by Ancient Greek Wisdom You are the only one, my beautiful The power of my tiny humble soul The ......

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Categories: empedocles, appreciation, beauty, grandchild, heart,
Form: Ballad

Dante's Hell, Fourth Canto, Second Part

...Continuation from previous poem We reached the footer of a castle steep, Seven times by walls encircled very tall, Defended by a river hard to leap. We overpassed it as hard ground at all; T......

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Categories: empedocles, fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

' Empedocles '

... =================================== ~*~ Earth Air Water Fire ~ Terrestrial home ~Realms of soaring Eagles ~Kingdom of marine treasures ~Flaring effulgence " CLASSICAL ELEMENTS " Four ......

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Categories: empedocles, nature, philosophy, life, love,
Form: Free verse

Greek Philosophy After Heraclitus - Continued In Verse - With the Pluralists

...THE PLURALISTS : Empedocles & Anaxagoras That single primary substance the ‘arche’ of the Ionian philosophers , Was challenged by Emphedocles (b.495BC) and Anaxagoras(b.500BC) ! Emphedocles sp......

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Categories: empedocles, historymen, hate, life, love,
Form: Rhyme