Long Hermes Poems
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Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which we do
and do not see,
believe
answers embedded
in tablets read...
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Categories:
hermes, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
A Journey Through Time Final Part RevisedNow as the years passed by everyone became so tired
the heaps of things scattered around became too much to bear
some benevolence was certainly grand but this was too much
the two felt unable to undertake ...
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Categories:
hermes, journey, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Epic
She Believes In Lavender MoonsIntroduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the...
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Categories:
hermes, faith, growth, myth,
Form:
Free verse
Please Michelle ObamaPlease Michelle Obama...
can you save American democracy?
I highly hugely grant
Barack Hussein belated kudos
what with his wizardesses
in tow wrought wonders
to one nation analogous
while an under dog
sweeping in like...
It's a Bird... It's...
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Categories:
hermes, 12th grade, america, appreciation, beautiful, freedom, health,
Form:
Free verse
Pandora's Temptation
For the third time Pandora stands before the box
Inlaid with jewels ivory and gold
In her hand is the key – she closely examines
Intrigued by its intricate patterns - so ancient- so old
Her Creator’s mandate she...
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Categories:
hermes, desire, hope, love,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Wrath of ZeusThe Greek gods were egotistic, arrogant, jealous,
Said to be excellent lovers, fanatics, and zealous
About everything and anything, lounged around
Adorning places like Marathona, the Acropolis
The Parthenon. Archaeology
Maintains that Greek Mythology
Goes back to the Bronze...
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Categories:
hermes, beauty,
Form:
Narrative
As Above, So Below - the Messengers
"As Above, So Below - The Messengers"
One day
when this sad story
has all blown over
of how we came to be
walking the earth
below the veil
with monsters
that are men
with horns and tails
in...
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Categories:
hermes, animal, god, humanity, i am, love, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
Asian Epicurean QuestAsian Epicurean Quest
At the heart of China Town, Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia) is Petaling Street.
Domain of hustlers, hucksters, cheap-jacks and diblers; purveyors of street food, rude t-shirts, and rubber sandles to put...
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Categories:
hermes, food,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Glimpse of HeritageA GLIMPSE OF HERITAGE
To Visit the past, is to understand your future.
The storm was moving away, the noise no longer pounding,
Sky turned blue from dark, thunder abating, hail disappearing,
I took refuge under a bridge during...
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Categories:
hermes, future,
Form:
Rhyme
Driver of VictoryVictory at the Hippodrome
They were hiding their stalls out of sight near the race course at Olympia
No signs but everyone knew where they were under cover of dubious propriety
On track for instant wealth and gratification...
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Categories:
hermes, conflict,
Form:
Verse
Ancient Greek Epigrams IiiAncient Greek and Roman Epigrams
That country wench bewitches your heart?
Hell, her most beguiling art’s
hiking her dress
to seduce you with her ankles' nakedness!
Sappho, fragment 57, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Stranger, rest your weary legs beneath...
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Categories:
hermes, bereavement, death of a friend, eulogy, funeral,
Form:
Epigram
Sing, Lyre: Sappho TranslationSappho, fragment 118
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre;
come, let my words
accompany your voice.
"Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is apparently addressing her lyre. The legend is that Hermes made the first...
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Categories:
hermes, Lullaby, muse, music, song, sound, spoken word,
Form:
Epigram
Philosophy of Dreams of EnlightmentClosing your eyes just to disconnect
From the world of reality to the healing state
Walking through a wave length of all your times
Good, bad, sad, exciting, fear and life
Drowning your body in stress and remorse
Mentally parallelize...
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Categories:
hermes, body, deep, desire, dream, growth, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Blank verse
Azoth
Written: March 05, 2024 For Edward Ebeh Contest
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Oh, Hermes, during historical eras of reign,
Greek...
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Categories:
hermes, history, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Aphrodite As An Anthropomorphic MapThe goddess we call Aphrodite
Is not just an old Grecian deity.
The Phoenicians did make
Her a map. It's not fake.
Her body is cartograffiti.
The Punic war destroyed her face, 1
The Romans left nary...
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Categories:
hermes, africa, body, imagery, language, mythology, places, word
Form:
Limerick
Desperately Wonderfully IllWas never sure whether or not to laugh, smile or cry when
auntie came to tea, a matriarch she, wearing white gloves
plus purple cardigan - seven buttons tidy, top one below chin,
and a black beret perched precariously...
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Categories:
hermes, appreciation, books, love, passion, poetry,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Achilles, the Journey To Troy, Part TwoAchilles, The Journey To Troy,
(Part Two) of (Part One-titled, Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal)
Achilles, The Journey To Troy
Woe! wretched horrors Olympic gods sent that day
mighty king suffered, his treasure stolen away,
power of...
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Categories:
hermes, art, death, hero, literature, mythology, tribute, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Ancient Greek Epigrams IiAncient Greek and Roman Epigrams
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...
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Categories:
hermes, bereavement, death, death of a friend, eulogy,
Form:
Epigram
The Odyssey Redux - Part Iv - Helios To IthacaSo once again, with grim countenance, the ship sailed on with all bemoaning their woes
Till calm seas prevailed, with balmy sun, sweet zephyr song, they came to Helios' shores.
Helios, calm god of the day, smiled...
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Categories:
hermes,
Form:
Epic
Karen O'Leary—my Poetry Soup Pal!She should have been Hera, goddess queen of heaven, the sister-wife of
Zeus, king of the gods; she would have caught him one Friday night tipping
Out while she sleeps to visit one of his...
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Categories:
hermes, friendship, imagination, inspirational, life, love, mystery, philosophyson,
Form:
Classicism
The Invisible Dragon of Carona Pt2And the thunders thundered and the rains rained,
the waves crashed upon the shores,
and the winds could not blow the Dragon to the heavens,
and the seasons marched on.
And the people became afraid to enjoy the...
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Categories:
hermes, allegory, analogy, conflict, imagery, metaphor, society, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Words On the Sand-Part 3WORDS ON THE SAND (Part 3)
Not distant a young girl watching silent
On her wheelchair. No writing from a limited body
The sand waiting from her what in life is more salient
After she saw the old man,...
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Categories:
hermes, hope,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Odyssey Pantoumimed - IiWe let loose the untamed winds
As boulders crashed eleven ships were lost
With storm unabated into the Laestrygons we ran
T'was one lone ship which hit Circe's land
As boulders crashed eleven ships were lost
Fair isle it was...
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Categories:
hermes,
Form:
Pantoum
The Life and Death ParadoxThe gods’ privilege is never to die,
the men’s tragedy is most die
at some point in time of their life’s cycle.
The gods’ tragedy is gods can never die,
the men’s privilege is to die when time...
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Categories:
hermes, betrayal, death, fire, god, life, men, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
Spring FlowersFloriography
Allamanda in April slowly open its trumpets around posts that look like
Buttercups of honey for bees to dive in to replenish their striped bellies
Crocus's yellow stigmas that flavour our food are a blessing by...
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Categories:
hermes, allusion, flower, spring,
Form:
Free verse