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Gladiators Poems - Poems about Gladiators


Premium Member The Gladiators - Trump Vs Biden
Bitter, battered, bruised and spent Throwing punches aimed to dent, Bobbing, weaving, sighing loud, Gladiators playing to the crowd. Armed with words that cut like steel Inflicting wounds that won't fast heal, Nostrils flaring, bulging eyes, Parrying blows with stifled sighs. Indignation, slights of old, Each man's purpose bitter, cold, One sole aim, that fatal blow, Boiling anger on full show. As to us the silent horde Stunned...

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Categories: gladiators, america, angst, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Gladiators
He looked with head skewed With a fire inside he couldn't hide The spear missed as he threw Missing his foe dodged to the side Miss calucation only angered him more With his rage he yelled aloud All eyes on him he couldn't ignore The astonished gasps from the crowd He was supposed to be the best Said to be non better by far...

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Categories: gladiators, adventure, courage, death, endurance,
Form: Rhyme



Fall of the Sanguine Scion
He stood among the fervor and frenzy of the mob there to greet him; he gazed at the smiles that reached all the way to their eyes. That field susurrated a contented sigh, sun glowing gold on the dust as he made his anticipated return to this his home, this his stage. Each man who had e'er taken up the gauntlet wore it only...

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Categories: gladiators, death, violence,
Form: Free verse
Dance of Gladiators and Amazons
ah! ’tis blue azure greet’ng the dark maidens dancers of the ancient drums of my warriors yea! the ever-ready danc’ng mbari maidens o, dancers amid the smooth-throat’d hunters – ’tis like an ever-flow’ng rhythmic drumm’ng of my ageless clan where the rever’d eaglets made the classic olympia in wing-drumm’ng amid the love-rov’ng griots, pages and priests! and your mother – the mother of...

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Categories: gladiators, celebration, nostalgia, visionary,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Where Gladiators Fought
Part I Where gladiators fought for life, we meet to fight for love The constellations in the Roman night sky, celestial spectators, bathe the Colosseum in the white blood of light The night is throbbing with the heat of our battle, our cries, more passionate than any that have gone before Part II A short while earlier A well paid bribe found us in the...

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Categories: gladiators, passion, places,
Form: Epic



Gladiators of Peace
To breath the dream of gladiator sweat Is to take your fear and drown it with courage. Though heart it would burst, the mind cannot turn. The gold is the prize and destiny belongs to you. To be the best is not enough chivalry demands your conduct and honour is given to the vanquished for you are an Olympian. The body is your temple desire is...

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Categories: gladiators, peace, sports, world, voice,
Form: Free verse
The Scenes: the First Gladiators of Rome
i. At the centre of the world: Back in the Roman days of yore-- A voice echoed, that decreed To a crowd of commons, lost and unsure: "Our rivers run dried, the Wrath of Gods, Needs must be pacified By human blood, our slaves shall shed, Our warriors will provide-- Thus merciful Heavens shall send rain-- Be at peace with Man again''. ii. And on the...

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Categories: gladiators, historymen, rose,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Football Gladiators
Gladiators of the numbered turf Helmeted heads and padded limbs 22 soldiers on the field No more, no less, at any time All have stadiums they call their homes. Swift of foot and quick of mind A scoreboard keeps the points and time Score points by one, two, three or six By passes, runs, punts or kicks Winning brings them glory. Most mother's want their...

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Categories: gladiators, sports
Form: Lyric
Gladiators ?
Two in a matchbox Grasshopper and scorpion and the winner is?...

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Categories: gladiators, funny, nature
Form: Haiku

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