Long Greece Poems
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Juvenilia: Early Poems XJuvenilia: Early Poems X
These are early poems written in my teens and twenties.
Regret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear...
once starlight
languished
in your hair...
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret,
a pain
I chose to bear...
unleash
the torrent
of your hair...
and show me
once...
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Categories:
greece, age, child, children, dream, teen, time, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Stela Epic, Part 1 of 8The Stela Epic by DR. Mohammed F A Alrazak
The grains of sand, the drops of rain, makes the stage for souls to play
The prints of feet on rocks were wonders and arts as the...
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Categories:
greece, culture, freedom,
Form:
ABC
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
greece, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
Canto Xx Hell TranslationOf new pains new verses must be composed
To give matter for the canto twenty
Of the canticle first, treating sunk posed.
I just was inclined with desires many
To thoroughly look at the open deep,
Which was moisten...
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Categories:
greece, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
My Odyssey
Here, I am...
Retired,
Happy,
Sitting on the relaxing throne of my age,
Reminiscing what I went through in life.
A mere spectator I have now become,
Observing in silence the works of men,
Having no worries
Of carrier advancement,
Of acceptance,
Of recognition...
My only...
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Categories:
greece,
Form:
Bio
The CallThe Call
For as long as I can remember, I have been phoning my mom. Even before leaving home when I was a teenager. Whenever I had good or bad news, it was just natural for...
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Categories:
greece, angst, blessing, courage, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Beginnings EndingsBeginnings – Endings
Out of the darkest reaches of time and space
came molten minerals, gasses, rocks, comets
– life traversing aeons, in suspended animation
across millions of light years, billions of desolate miles
creating unseen universe after universe,
creating unseen...
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Categories:
greece, history, planet, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Seven Kingdoms
I
The Holy Bible said seven kingdoms would arise,
then like windblown grains of sand, fall to the dust
Six kingdoms have come and gone, blinked their eyes
and we’re now, in these last days, living on the cusp
But...
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Categories:
greece, judgement, religious, spiritual, truth, , western,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
In It, I Saw Prometheus Chained and BoundIn It, I Saw Prometheus Chained And Bound
I was reading Salinger's, "Catcher In The Rye"
A follow up from Leo Tolsty's, "War and Peace"
I heard a voice say, "seek wisdom before you die"
Remember...
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Categories:
greece, art, imagination, inspiration, literature, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Ill Fated AddressAN ILL-FATED ADDRESS
Being on holiday in Athens was truly the best 21st present
my parents could have given me, stayed with my granddad,
felt great, I traveled on my own, no more an adolescent.
Sad that I...
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Categories:
greece, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
Aroma PoetryMother nature oh! Rose of roses!
Mother of all flowers' and smell,
Ylang Ylang! You don't know what it causes!
An aphrodisiac turns you on like hell!
Sandalwood with its masculine warmth poses,
Rosemary clears the head, you can tell,
Peppermint...
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Categories:
greece, beauty, flower, rose, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bard of Ancient SmyrnaAfter enjoying a pleasant walk, I then spent an hour at a park,
And I relished the dulcet sounds, of cheery airborne skylarks.
The blooms were so lovely, all sultry in the fervid sunshine,
And the hummingbirds were...
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Categories:
greece, adventure, age, fantasy, history, imagery, poetry, time,
Form:
Couplet
Eight Men Who Are Doing Quite WellA notice appeared in the paper recently with the names and faces of eight men who have a combined wealth of $426 billion. According to Oxfam International, in 2015 this would have equaled the amount...
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Categories:
greece, money,
Form:
Prose
Lost and FoundI loved my job as a botanist, which took me to many foreign lands,
Like the golden sun rises smiling, to meet all our natural demands.
I was always marked for this work, ever since I was...
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Categories:
greece, adventure, fantasy, flower, green, lost, nature, work,
Form:
Couplet
Overarching GenocideOverarching Genocide
Noah built the wooden Ark in his homeland instructed by God
to save his wife three sons and their wives from drowning a life
raft rescue boat of sorts with three decks and only one...
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Categories:
greece, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
All the Worlds There AreJust watching raindrops slapping leaves
is better than anything requiring electricity
including fame and posterity. Monday
morning I walk over to the art museum
stand before Homer. I'm imagining
life in ancient Greece, the land largely
deforested to build a navy,...
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Categories:
greece, art, change, god, life, old, rain, world,
Form:
Verse
We Are Brothers IiDon’t look at me
As though I am an alien or a stranger,
Don’t let the dagger of antipathy
Fly out of your eyes.
I am your neighbor.
Don’t call me a foe, an antagonist, or a rival,
Don’t roll up...
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Categories:
greece, cute, immigration, love, peace, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
The Invention of ZeroZero.
By which nothing is divided.
No zero
no negative
no opposite
no hope
no Adam, no apple, no marriage, no morning.
No mirror
no knowledge
no God, no soul, no ear lobe, no Iliad, no Odyssey.
No universe
no black hole
no zodiac
no hero
no mission, no...
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Categories:
greece, father, future, home, hope, math, morning, wind,
Form:
Verse
Our Greek GetawayDear friiends those who first read my poem i left an important line out in the donkey story
The first dance after our wedding,
Was absolutely exciting, intoxicating,
My darling whispered in my ear,
My wedding present to you...
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Categories:
greece, beach,
Form:
Narrative
My Ancestors EscapePRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My...
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Categories:
greece, war,
Form:
Free verse
Oft From a Distant Echo, It Is Heard Fifth Poet In My Dedication Series(1.) Honoring John Keats
, fifth poet in my dedication series
Oft From A Distant Echo, It Is Heard
At the start comes just a solitary word
oft from a distant echo, it is heard.
Imagination steps on into...
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Categories:
greece, appreciation, art, beautiful, creation, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
The WaitressWe came walking blind bends at dusk,
An overhanging fig picked fresh.
No pavements, just a nervous trust
that drivers would skirt our single line.
Hugging the roadside with torches lit,
Phones swung glowing to the ground...
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Categories:
greece, memory,
Form:
Narrative
Inferno In the SkiesShe has been planning this vacation for more than a year, she has so much love to share, she could not get any of it so she has to give away all of it. Sometimes...
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Categories:
greece, adventure, business, courage, cry, family, fire, happiness,
Form:
Narrative
Out of EmptinessOut of emptiness comes this:
Purposes as incomprehensible and wonderful as these purposes
Either you had no purpose or the purpose is beyond the end
Because the timepiece not only serves a purpose, it is adapted to that
...
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Categories:
greece, friend, god, language, people, sea, sun, war,
Form:
Free verse
Dual HeritageI am a descendant of Greece and the
Greeks,
We say hello and goodbye by kissing
Both cheeks,
But I also descend from the British,
For my father was very, very English!
I am a true mix of English
And Greek,
And...
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Categories:
greece, life, travel,
Form:
Rhyme