Heracles Poems - Poems about Heracles

Philosophical Rhythmic Duality

...Philosophical Rhymthmic Duality

Imminent calamity collides with structured debate 
Virulent profanity confides with punctured ingrates 
An insolent generation of insanity resides with a debunked...

A Tryst With Fantasy

...He's closed the blinds. His twilight dawns.
	A midday reverie.
Within his mind, a vision spawns,
	awash in mystery.
*
A levee bursts, torrents crash free—
	a castle from a dream.
Atop his thro...

In Stars Above

...
What I see in stars above is extremely wearisome,
with useless inane details that I wish I never knew.
Light years, space-time, black holes, big bangs, 
myriads of pricks 'n specks a billion mil...

Burning Twelve Times Bright

..."When stars align, and you're on track, she's all signs of the Zodiac"
~ the author, after a twelve-pack 

If in your heart (a paradise) I'd delve,
'twould multiply my love for you by twelve. 
I...

The Pattern of Stars, one and all

...Like snowflakes, no two stars are alike,
despite their myriad declension,
to minuscule pin-pricks in sky above.
Unlike the sameness of sand-grains 
scattered willy-nilly on a beach,
that no one ...

If I Could Write the Perfect Poem

...If I could write the perfect poem
I’d write it high above,
The stars would be my letters 
And the first word would be love. 

Love because it brought me here
And has never let me down,
Despite...

Zeus the Philanderer

...A poem based on the Greek pantheon:


Zeus The Philanderer

Zeus the philanderer, lust divine, 
Maidens fair he did entwine, 
By guileful means he won their trust, 
Bastard offspring born fro...

A Love That:

...A love that:

Flows so sweet as 
ambrosia from Hebe’s
ladle to the cup of 
Heracles

or nectar saccharine as
Apollo’s lyre,
carried by doves!
to the heavenly feast...

Bewitched

...As his hands presses against my body like they knew all my curves,
He reaches out and caresses my body with every touch my body resist,
Doesn’t he know the meaning of No?
I wish my body would turn...

Stains In the Sanctuary

...STAINS IN THE SANCTUARY ®

From the obnoxious obscenity
To the unorthodox immoralities
Personage of the perpetual Pentecostal pimps
Poisoned-Chalice in the mouth of a praying prostitute
Even th...

For This Is the Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss

...For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss
 (Part One)

I've ate Eden's last apple, coveted Jason's* golden fleece
chained myself in caverns of darkness, begging no release
refused mi...

Galaxy and the Logos:

...The word "Galaxy", is derived from the Greek "galaxias", literally "milky", a reference to the Milky Way galaxy. Galaxies contain varying amounts of star systems, star clusters and types of interstel...

The Olympics

...Those trademark circular elements of style in vogue every four years
When the crème de la crème of the athleticism 
presents itself on the world stage
Suspending and transcending any present day i...

1996 Visit To Turkey

...
In Nineteen ninety-six, our son and wife, Majors
In US Army, moved to Izmir, their new base.
As usual, whatever place they were assigned, 
We flew to visit them as well as dear grandkids.
S...

Troy, the Defeat, Odysseus Punishment

...Troy, The Defeat, Odysseus Punishment

Apollo, the archer-god, was quite unfair
Slew Eurytus for a vain archery boast
Mortal lives he had so very little care
Sending Greek ships sailing to the c...

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