Long Thermopylae Poems
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EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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Categories:
thermopylae, bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
thermopylae, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
The Bridge At Abydos 2VII
There never was an army quite like Xerxes’.
Hyrcanians, Medes, Egyptians, Syrians, Scyths –
soon, Greece would grovel at its tender mercies –
a fate more gruesome than the grimmest myths.
It drank whole rivers dry. Took three...
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Categories:
thermopylae, history,
Form:
Rhyme
The Battle of Thermopylae - a Spartan Death Wish - 480 BcTHE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE - A SPARTAN DEATH WISH - 480 BC
300 Spartans or hoplites , the truly heroic ...
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Categories:
thermopylae, august, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
Thermopylae: 300 At the Hot GatesI can hear Thermopylae beckoning me upon my return
Leonidas’ voice calls me forward to battle with hardened pride
Time’s grains shifting bellowing out the past I have lived
And I am of that past…I can touch the...
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Categories:
thermopylae, introspection, life, people, time, visionary, words, me,
Form:
Free verse
Leonidas, KingFrom 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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Categories:
thermopylae, history, inspirational
Form:
Epic
King Leonidas 300 and CountingKing Leonidas 300 and Counting
It was 480 BC
King Leonidas with 300 Spartan warriors held Thermopylae Pass
Fought against the vast immortals horde of Persian forces
Lasted and endured the Xerxes army
3 days with 4,000 allied strong for...
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Categories:
thermopylae, conflict, courage, death, hero, history, inspirational, pride,
Form:
Epic
The Legend of KyivHow is it possible?
A flag colored of freedom, turns on brothers of old like Cain and Abel.
Stones turn to bullets as white flashes of a muzzle turn heads from blue skies to red rubble.
East to...
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Categories:
thermopylae, betrayal, corruption, destiny, inspiration, war,
Form:
Free verse
I Am Hyperborean, AtlanteanI am a Hyperborean living in Serbian land.
I am an Atlantean living in Serbian land.
I have fed hundreds of swans flying, I have fed
Hundreds of swans flying. I embrace
The pillars of Hercules, I am an...
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Categories:
thermopylae, memory,
Form:
Free verse
ThermopylaeThermopylae
(To the fighters of life)
_____________________________________
1.
I fought my way through life against all odds
And came out victorious,
The enemies many, the battles innumerable
The pain unbearable,
But I stood my ground despite the beating
Despite...
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Categories:
thermopylae, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
ThermopylaeBold King Leonidas and his band of brave men,
Marched forth to meet their fate at Thermopylae's glen.
The Persian army, vast and fierce,
Hailed arrows down with deadly pierce.
But Leonidas stood tall and firm,
A Spartan king with...
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Categories:
thermopylae, courage, history, inspiration, literature, soldier, strength, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme