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An epyllion is a form of brief narrative poetry with a romantic or mythological theme, but there is more to epyllion. What is epyllion in poetry (complete definition)?
autumnal moodAutumnal light
The end of summer is looming is still warm
the afternoon breeze from the green ocean
is pleasant but has pockets of cooling air
The heart senses the depression of the mind.
Once there was spring breaking free...
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Categories:
best friend, blessing, cinderella,
Form: Epyllion
Nature of WarThe field of battle spread before us
Enemy soldiers approaching in ranks,
Suddenly soundless silver birds appear
Our focus changes to the sullen skies,
Bombs rain like missiles from the gods
We are defeated by an unseen force,
The nature of...
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Categories:
perspective, war,
Form: Epyllion
Children of AfghanPoisonous laburnum hang downwards,
These dusty streets,
Hot as herbs and spices,
Touching deep buttery Panjshir Valley,
The Great Highland Bagpipes.
Sweaty, I will tell you,
About hegira-state,
Our rugged landscape,
Our legendary generosity,
The children of Afghan.
Dad, Valley of the Five Lions?
The legend...
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Categories:
environment,
Form: Epyllion
THE UNEXPLAINED
Let us find a space amongst the trees and sunset...
In an undisclosed area absent from the busy ways of the world.
A space filled with days where the rain falls with patients and the winds blow...
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Categories:
5th grade,
Form: Epyllion
My Husband Preston,my ValentineMy Valentine Preston,
The moment I met you,
I knew that there was something about you,
Something special about you,
I knew I could never live without you,
It's been soooo many years together,
But still,still everytime I look at you...
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Categories:
appreciation, celebration,
Form: Epyllion
YOUR HEART ON MY RECORD PLAYERCan I listen to your heart play a song on my record player, as I relax in a dark room to embody the sounds of its speech...
Where the strong thumps of its language can explain...
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Categories:
romance,
Form: Epyllion
Meet Me In Avalon
Can you envision us lost in a world
of ours; paradise built by the Gods
...
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Categories:
beauty, imagination, mythology, paradise,
Form: Epyllion
IN CASE WE NEVER MEET OR MET AND NEVER KNEWIN CASE WE NEVER MET OR MET AND NEVER KNEW, THIS POEM IS WRITTEN FOR YOU.
YOUR ARE MY BEAUTIFUL, REALISTIC, BUT SLIM POSSIBILITY
A STRANGER PLACED SOMEWHER IN THE WORLD, WHERE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE...
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Categories:
romantic love,
Form: Epyllion
The Fog of The AltarTo Jules Verne
A man feeling drowse at the top of the mountain, fell asleep.
He dreamed dreams
emanating from floods of seas.
In remote droughts,
he gave his fruit of smoke
on a simple altar.
Curd quartz...
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Categories:
change, faith, flower, gospel,
Form: Epyllion
A warrior's maidenThe night is cold
There is an owl perched on the gum tree
Its pitch dark outside
Its silent as a grave yard
She clings unto herself
Her mind wonders away
she reminisces her husband
pulling her into his chest
Fitting into his...
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Categories:
allusion, devotion, endurance, hero,
Form: Epyllion
BEER SIO MAZIWASijui ni wangapi wata'define my history,
Wakitumia hii story.
But kitu najua ni ati nkifa,
maybe;
Walevi ndo watachangisha doh kwa matanga,
na maybe;
Wengi watasema Marto alikuwa tanker.
Na ukijaribu ksema marto alikuwa wa youth ya church,
apo ndo MC atalenga iyo...
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Categories:
art, break up, drink,
Form: Epyllion
Moonlit XanaduLast night, I dreamed a dream I'd never forget
When my tired eyes sealed shut at the tail-end of dawn
Morpheus spirited me away to a moonlit Xanadu; a sanctuary
Of beauty and peace. What a dream!...
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Categories:
beauty, dream, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Epyllion
Imagining ArcadiaWhere is this peaceful utopia of infinite wonder
I've heard much about? I've followed the call of echoes,
and I've searched far and long into the wilderness
I've looked through the haze of morning mist
and peeked through...
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Categories:
beauty, longing, mythology, peace,
Form: Epyllion
Haunted By A Long Lost LoveI should have done the right thing
But my naivety cost me a lot ,
Now I’m haunted by your lost love and loss,
Your smile and face I can’t forget ,
If rivers and springs flow fall into...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Epyllion
Fearfear to uncover a mysterious pain
reach a depth of darkness hell
she blocked me out, and
heaped hills within hills
masked her ravaged heart
with forceful smile
her lips stayed shut, yet
spoken without a sound
crumbling body ruins,
banned...
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Categories:
fear, lonely,
Form: Epyllion
Specific Types of Epyllion Poems
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