Long Apollos Poems
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Sonnets Xxv-XxxiiSonnets XXV-XXXII
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
apollos, bereavement, body, cancer, change, death, depression, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets X-XviSonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
apollos, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
apollos, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rilke Translations IArchaischer Torso Apollos ("Archaic Torso of Apollo")
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
apollos, art, life, love, tribute, visionary, voice, wine,
Form:
Verse
FourAlan Shepard, astronaut, took golf balls to the moon
He whacked them only when he knew that he’d be leaving soon
‘One flew two hundred yards,’ he said, ‘and as I recollect
one came down in a crater,...
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Categories:
apollos, golf, space,
Form:
Rhyme
The Amok of Pedro By Robinson CavalcantiPedro, the traitor of Jesus Christ
This man, if he could be called a man
Killed 12 followers of Christ
Like a crazed Wolfman
Pedro firstly meet with Christ in a forest
Christ asked him if he had mercy of...
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Categories:
apollos, murder,
Form:
Narrative
Thoughts about how to be adequate flow through my mind like relentless wavesThoughts about how to be adequate flow through my mind like relentless waves,
Persisting in their demands as they echo my name,
This world, a wild beast that cannot be tamed.
The weight is immense and unyieldingly harsh,
Weakening...
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Categories:
apollos, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
My God, Thank You For Giving Me Sure IncreaseNovember 2 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Corinthians 3-5
Key Verses – 1Corinthians 1:6-7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;...
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Categories:
apollos, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ocean Beckons -POTDThe waves crushing her tiny body with striking blows
White creamy wash caresses her golden skin as the wave slows
Moving sluggishly towards the horizon
Because of a recurring vision she hopes she’ll arise in
Her feet digging deep...
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Categories:
apollos, fantasy, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
PowerThrough the heavy hand of solemn quest
Chosen vestibules in relentless jest
Onto the corporate head through exploits support
Just a question of fools spoiling all the rules
Phat cats with blue hats in silver snaps
Chaps
Power of manipulation trying...
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Categories:
apollos, adventure, art, brother, business, childhood, funeral, power,
Form:
Free verse
Apollos KissI have found little to paint my life
As exquisitely as your song
For the sun did not shine on my bearing
Or grant me shelter from the rain
I am but an ordinary creature
Of no flair or finesse...
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Categories:
apollos, lost love, love
Form:
Free verse
CalliopeI am but a poet not a scholar
but a writer creating my own
network of emotions balanced
over sudden mental break’s
absence of tolerance to be
quieted to be numb empty
eccentrically desired memoirs...
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Categories:
apollos, allah,
Form:
Quatrain
Barren of PeopleBarren of People
Some people are so empty within
Do they hear the echo of the fallen footfall
There are museums without many statues
Grande they are standing with outstanding
pillars, porticoes and rotundas.
In the courtyard a fountain leaps and...
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Categories:
apollos, appreciation, art, beauty, mum,
Form:
Free verse
Under PressureShoulders heavy and strain.
Thoughts of being proper in my brain.
Keep holding them up as they say my name.
This world cannot be tamed.
The weight is heavy and unbearable.
Weakening my tested status.
Making me become another Atlas
Painful suffering...
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Categories:
apollos, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
SunriseThere is a very special place I know
Where the east and west are one,
As north and south bend Apollos bow
So you launch towards the sun....
And a star that shoots across the sky
Leaves its trails for...
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Categories:
apollos, inspirational
Form:
Light Verse
To Sorania,With LoveAm not an aesthetic
poet.
I've no apollos
laurel in ode.
Too fragile is my
tongue to tell your
face;
For your look I dare
to speak.
Play me that
Amphion's harp
That in your mouth
dwells
For your sake I
shall be paris
For the Helen's face
you wear
I shall...
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Categories:
apollos, girlfriend-boyfriend, me,
Form:
Free verse
Bel Air-Lana Del Rey“Bel Air” ~ Lana Del Rey
Ashen stoic gargoyles sit amongst the gates
The sunlight shines through heaven's doors.
I'm impatient and apollos chariot awaits.
You'll be my golden wings as I soar
up into divinity engulfed by light and...
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Categories:
apollos, fantasy, god, myth, sad love,
Form:
Sonnet