Long Delphic Poems

Know Thyself
(one of the two Delphic commands of Apollo)



For years before the narrow windows of my senses
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Nothing in Excess
(the second Delphic maxim of Apollo)



A mixture of the brute and the divine
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"Their World"

Of course, there was no re-assurance from them that they would respond to the message I had sent. Morning had arrived. 

The day had commenced as any other, unravelling out of bed, in itself...

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1.
Once upon a very long time in the eleventh century B.C.
There was a king in, Athens, who ruled both land and sea

2.
To all was known as king Codrus*, a mighty warrior was he 
His enemies...

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“The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.” Emerson
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Slash, Loblolly, and Jelecote~curious names
     for the majestic pine and eucalypt,
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"The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic Shine to me."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Greek Poet

Who is always there, through the good times and bad? 
Who welcomes me when I'm happy, when I'm sad? 
It's mother...

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Quote: The forest is my loyal friend. A Delphic shrine to me.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The forest is my sanctuary, a sphere of peace, a realm of solace,
Dwelling in equanimity, conjuring serenity harmonious, flawless;
Where my heart sings,...

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Written: January 07, 2024
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eyes are soul gates      even in disguise      they do not lie
visual cues...

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litany of the Church of the Ecstatic Coma
love shouldn't be a pile of rags
I was playing pinkie dinkie
with next door Suzie Woozy
her father was CIA a spy catcher 
with a big spy catcher mitt
try not...

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Land.
neural storm potential
a sky day
Earth's eyes
so fortune

Land.
the noble time
my Earth split
invited misfortune
in whirlwind

Land.
calm is pale Sun
have its way
Being proceeds

Land.
a solstice knows sorrows
so its hell
so feathers toward summer
will tell

Land.
is outside
being and southern hemisphere
source beneficial

Land.
a master of...

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  The forest is my loyal friend, a Delphic shrine to me- Ralph Waldo Emerson   

When fleeting feathers of ostrich ferns
  swiftly unravel euphonious tunes,
I drown in musky memories~
reminiscing the nights,...

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From Heracles immortal line sprang Kings of Agiad
The blood of Gods and heroes in mortal flesh thus clad
And such was Leonidas, half brother to the King
Cleomenes of Sparta, of whom the poets sing

When came the...

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A written word wistfully wrought into a compendium grim,
Of the darkling ravens beset upon the plutonian shores,
Hither did your shapeless muse invade our psyche and vapid minds dim,
Edgar has retired his effete quill yet still
it...

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Written: January 17, 2024
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Delphic melodies on
elysian breeze
lustral chorales in...

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On a dark, gloomy, depressing winter night
Something came that was to be such a sight
On my very life's blood it could surely draw
In it's black hole eyes i knew what it saw
Striving for  analytical...

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Before a pagan shrine, a witch reveals the gods’ desire
And sees a cryptic vision cloaked in her enormous pyre:

The blazes have the wit of lightning born of rain and fire
And magically filled with deep, eternal...

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Jewel  layer templates
gilded upstream sigh
winsome eyelet skimmed
scorning  dawn orb
Delphic mustard sketch
on sapphire sequins 
Appalachian awning 
bearing flimsy nuggets
surreal slender straw’s 
amber seam gore 
lentil seed pod float
upon cashmere shrub 
rainbird doleful cry
of damp...

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Inspiration, Title 1/ Delphic - 
Quote: The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.
 
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Hi !
You are my amigo. I knew you were amorous with me .Your not a spartan but you preach me to be so. I like your preaching as it all worked with me .I would...

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The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The tow’ring trees with their branches widespread
Sift light which falls like a golden shower
(As when Zeus to Danaë’s chamber came)
Reaching the moist...

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accursed creepily haunting
Phantasmagoria wraiths
vandalize residents psyches
within their sleep induced state

Sublimation shunts
slumbering souls
unknowingly held hostage
successfully sacrificing

Semi-smothered silent species
snoring simians steadfastly succumb
subsequent sibilant sounds
woo woebegone wicked transmogrification

dilapidated divested bodies deposited
wizard waves wand
watching whirling wretched lovely bones
whipsawing (in...

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Title 1

"The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me." ... by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The written word bears roots abound
Hail favored mist of hallowed ground
Announced breathtaking full-filled air
Spreads out enjoyment summons fair
Forgiving trailed...

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APOLLO   
        

Apollo God of light, I Am
        a prophetic deity of the Delphic oracle of all men
 ...

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Ubiquitous sun
consuming through icy shadows
amidst winter chorus

Delphic paean on elysian winds
lustral chorales in
amber chronicles

Slowly sung, it's a lullaby of dreams
with moonlight charms
lulling you to sleep

I need to remember this night
the light we ignite within
shedding our...

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A beautiful clear dazzling earthly fantasy !
The tangled trees lush and green,
creating a serene, peaceful image
with a forest path labyrinthine ...

Calliope~   Delphic earnestly flying gleeful !
My Muse fluttering with bliss,
flying in and...

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