Enkidu Poems - Poems about Enkidu

...He Lived: Excerpts from “Gilgamesh” loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch I. He who visited hell, his country’s foundation, Was well-versed in mysteries’ unseemly dark places. H......

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...From the ancient lands of Mesopotamia, A story of friendship and love, Of a king and a wild man, united, In adventures that took them above. Gilgamesh, the mighty king of Uruk, A man of streng......

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...In Simple words The devil has no horns She wears smaug balm, Oh, Lord of the Rings She sleeps in El Dorado Street, the Hotels of Svengali She lives on Babbit lane, and reads Currer Bell She lov......

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... Story has it you used your power to run amuck Putting fear into the people, and brides in Uruk So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu To sort out Gilgamesh, without any further ado ......

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...Love has a Southern flavor: honeydew, ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout we tilt to basking faces to breathe out the ordinary, and inhale perfume ... Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangle......

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...Sprightly nymphs abounding in the greenery As deities ascend above the tops Enkidu does battle with the sun god Prisms of the blood bathe fall earthward Into the shadows of the great cathedrals ......

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