Epic Poems. Examples of Epics and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Epic poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of an Epic.
Epic poetry is an extensive, serious poem that tells the story about a heroic figure, but there is more to an epic poem. What is epic in poetry (complete definition)?
Dreamy ToneLyric Epic Poem
The gospel starts, a river flows,
Of silver, bright and ever pure,
The greatest song the spirit knows,
A legacy that will endure.
A kingdom grand, of sunlit gold,
Where riches flow like endless streams,
A story waiting...
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Categories:
clothes, cry, destiny, fairy,
Form: Epic
World Card ElementsFrom the Earth's deep slumber, ancient Gaia woke in pain, Whispering a plea to futures, a celestial rain, A trillion hearts of teenagers, called by name, Five champions arising, their destinies the same, For Gaia's...
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Categories:
appreciation, beautiful, culture, earth,
Form: Epic
CAKE DAYIt's my nephew's birthday
Kendrick by name to be precise
I feel excited and rejuvenated
His birth ignited my burning desire
Awakening my soul
Shifting my perspectives
Shedding old beliefs
He turned 1 year old today.
I...
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Categories:
africa, birthday, celebration, child,
Form: Epic
Nazriel RisingNazriel Rising Small World Ace
She was as pretty as ever on this night
With me smitten to bits with her aura
As we met on our usual pickup location
Nazriel that one who so compliments me
We were on...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, conflict, extended
Form: Epic
BRAVENESSBravery
His attribute
Always doing
What others are afraid of
Very determined, not desperate
He's so confident and courageous.
Braveness
He's so fearless
Always ready
To face whatever is ahead
He's a risk taker
He's thy people's hope
Even...
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Categories:
africa, creation, dark, deep,
Form: Epic
Love Glimmer -
I've been listening to your eyes
for what feels like eons,
noticing how the rain cries
unto your purposeful lips,
excited also, by the sounds of your
beautiful breaths in the smooth sunlight,
Tapping the pool of love blood,
rippling rose...
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Categories:
longing, love,
Form: Epic
FADING LADYShe's a ****, she's not loyal.
I told her; you're only good for sex,
Not good to keep.
Don't let your beauty, leave you in deceit
You ain't getting younger, but older.
I ask her about
Her body counts.
She said,
Just...
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Categories:
africa, children, community, dedication,
Form: Epic
A SONG HE ALWAYS SINGSLet all bye gone
Be bye gone
The preacher man
Keeps teaching
Let them correct you
When you're wrong
Be guided, so you don't go astray.
Wake up he says
From the darkness
Come into the light
He keeps teaching
In...
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Categories:
africa, christian, cinco de
Form: Epic
PONDER AND WONDERChrist said
Judge and condemn not
But people do too much
For us to remain silent
The truth is hard to say
It's also hard to swallow.
Now ponder
You might wonder
Your perception
A reflection of you
Do...
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Categories:
africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Epic
THE DARKThe dark very deep
Many are afraid of it
Few find the courage
To navigate through it
Many were lost in it
Some died from the fear of it.
Some name it evil and more
The suffering and pains
Shame, hate...
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Categories:
africa, black african american,
Form: Epic
Sockdologizing Old Man TrapYou sockdologizing old man-trap long decayed
where claws curl tight in dust and brittle bone
your lies are hyenas dancing in the flame
their jaws a rattle tearing flesh to stone
their laughter cracks the silence and the name
of...
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Categories:
betrayal, corruption, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Epic
A VisitorMoonlight creeps through the writhing woodland as
Arion walks alongside me—upward toward the lone mountain.
We had trekked for miles and the way was wearisome,
heavy fog in its obscuring fidelity stalking our every step.
Winds...
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Categories:
allusion, beautiful, character, courage,
Form: Epic
The Mark of the Mother" My mother shed her protective love around me and without knowing why, people sensed that I had value." ~Maya Angelou
" As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the...
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Categories:
family, fantasy, mother daughter,
Form: Epic
LOVE IN THE AIRLove is a beautiful thing
A thing of thy soul
the song we all sings
But only few
Have the courage
To dance to thy beat
The rhythm of the heart
Without retreating even amidst the heat.
No hate no...
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Categories:
africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Epic
God Walks Warmly Alongside Death Dedicated -
How did I come into existence...
Like a tear resurrected from tragedy
into cool lucidity...
I remember the smooth bone of your face
emerging from the virgin blackness
of raw Time...
And I recall the flesh of your face
in the heavy...
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Categories:
death, desire, god,
Form: Epic
Specific Types of Epic Poems
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Definition | What is Epic in Poetry?