Hermes Poems - Poems about Hermes

ANYTE OF TEGEA Stranger, rest your weary legs beneath the elms; hear how coolly the breeze murmurs through their branches; then take a bracing draught from the mountain-fed fountain; for this is welcome shade from the burning sun. —Anyte translation by Michael R. Burch Here I stand, Hermes, in the crossroads by the windswept elms near the breezy beach, providing rest to sunburned...

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When Swift, "Bird of Hermes", Its Last Flight Takes When swift "Bird of Hermes" its fast flight takes path through nether worlds, its tall broken stones phantom from Olympic heights swiftly breaks, to survive ancient gods's dying groans. Into earthen world, flashing flaming wings from behind echoes of thunder and light as unto death its silent cries may bring truth in Time's abyss,...

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THERE'S NOWT ON OUR HERM There's a naked heathen godlet that lodges in our hall; one leg of his is cocked up in the air. Does that finger pointing upwards, on which we hang the keys, import some noble thought, some lofty theme? If not, one asks, how should it be construed? Maybe it's just another case when all that can be...

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Hermes broke his Father (Zeus) and Mother’s (Maia) heart when he intervened upon seeing a green eyed blonde woman of Celtic origin, on her way to the afterlife, breaking all the rules, displeasing Hades whom showered his own desires upon her, before forcing Zeus to adhered to protocol. These are Hermes own words as if he had lived in...

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In the days of Ancient times Men and woman honors the Gods The Gods and humans were one In the days of Ancient times Men and woman looked to the Gods For advisement and were led by them But the Gods left men and women because They found new gods to follow worship and believe in The gods of money and technology and...

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Hermes Apprentice My work is a part of me But I am not my work I am a part of The Great Work My work is not me My work has a life of its own It communes with the all and all who encounters it Both my work and I are a part of The Great Work But I will return to The Great Work and my...

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Nile stretches towards the horizon In the Valley of the Kings pyramids have arisen But before pyramids were at the Nile basin And even before Ra had head of a falcon The Egyptian Hermes divine scribe The Gods themselves would describe And spawn their tribe And flesh and blood copy of world’s soul he would transcribe The spider web of intricacies...

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HERMES AMAZES ME I accidentally gazed into a mirror today only to find my reflection of revulsion I stared at a man who appeared to be stark raving mad A man who gazed back at me with the same type of disgust that I had That man looked as if he was unable to decipher or decode...

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Hermes 10,500BC was the Hermes and Ra-Ta time, They built the great pyramid with its facing stones of lime, Hermes the Architect with the great High Priest Ra-Ta , Built the great pyramid used mental levitation, yes sir-ah. Sleeping Prophet Cayce earlier was Ra-Ta you see, And Jesus came later, when Hermes, Ascended Master be, ...

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Young wears the winged sandals holds the winged staff When old has cried, "Lost spring!" young laughs in the verdant bush And will dance at wedding and wake alike...

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You weren’t aware that notes could kill, And yet every human sleeps To the soft melody of their life; Ignorance is most tragic, and you for All your vision could not see the blatant world. You were a favorite tool, and I weep Seeing myself in you. You’re leaking Our blood as your eyes turn a wax Disfocus, and I wonder...

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