Long Zeus Poems
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Various Heresies 5Various Heresies 5
Tonight, Let's Remember
by Michael R. Burch
July 7,2007 (7-7-7)
Tonight, let's remember the fond ways
our fingers engendered new methods to praise
the gray at my temples, your thinning hair.
Tonight, let's remember, and let us draw near...
Tonight,...
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Categories:
zeus, creation, earth, god, heaven, spiritual, wine, women,
Form:
Verse
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Alexander The Great was born in Macedonia in 356 BC, led to believe
From a boy by Olympias his mother, and to conceive
He was born of the gods, legend inferred he was the son of Zeus,
Ruler...
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Categories:
zeus, horse,
Form:
Narrative
Know YourselfFor years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
zeus, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
All That Was SpartaOur lusty voice was in the tramp of narrow, winding,
Scree-littered, deep-rutted roads;
Ravens, uttering guttural croaks, slow-wheeling above
...
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Categories:
zeus, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
My Brother--Nelson Mandela, Umtata, South Africa--Tribute PoemNelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.
As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”
I had...
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Categories:
zeus, brother, confidence, dedication, discrimination, inspiration, motivation, strength,
Form:
Couplet
The Peasants TruckEverybody moved out of the country to get a taste of the shining city
Ripe banana, ripe plums, are perishing in Uncle Sam’s broiling sun
I cannot stand the scorching heat that is swelling up from the...
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Categories:
zeus, angel, blessing, business, character, confidence, earth, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
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:
zeus, art, imagination, inspiration, literature, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Notes From a Unitarian ChildOnce upon a time,
an eight year old
Black and Green and Brown and Red and Blue Lives Matter
ultra-nonviolent kid
wrote an ultra-violet note to him/herself
about stuff s/he needed to full-rainbow recall
if and when s/he ever became
a worn...
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Categories:
zeus, age, childhood, culture, earth, health, religion, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Make Love To Me In That Ancient PlaceThe Bedouins, bequeathed with the sacred beauty of paradise harsh,
trusted guardians of jealous gorges and gifted groves
lead me from the Wadi Musa to the humble ingress of Petra,
saying with thrill, the Jin of your Jihad...
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Categories:
zeus, adventure, desire, history, love,
Form:
Epic
Everything of Yours Must Go Now, Even If It BurnsI write about my ex a lot,
we didn't talk much, but our tongues touched,
we used to have sex a lot and
it was so hot that it set my soul ablaze,
and no, it wasn't...
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Categories:
zeus, break up,
Form:
Free verse
Olympic Desires Born, Gods A'Playing(1.)
Olympic Desires Born, Gods A'playing
Poseidon arose, trident a'gleaming.
Mermaids danced, fallen hair a'streaming.
Olympic desires born, Gods a'playing
Mighty Zeus often on earth a'staying
There below mortals stopped a'praying
Hades play, man's evil a'repaying!
Poseidon arose, trident a'gleaming.
Mermaids danced, fallen hair...
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Categories:
zeus, appreciation, art, creation, jealousy, mythology, repetition, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mystery of the NecklaceSitting on the beach,
As dusk falls upon the end of shore,
I look at the lighthouse,
As I see a faint figure,
Looking beyond the sea.
She holds her chest,
As if she is holding a necklace.
She waits for her...
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Categories:
zeus, fantasy, inspirational, longing, love, mythology, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Earth Day 2021 Thursday April 22POETIC PREFACE:
An inner conflict dust brew
within this scribe, who offers ye to chew
(like sweet treats metaphorically) thee do
tee incumbent, when Doomsday clock
counts down minutes few
according Al Gore rhythm
unstoppably ticking,
when life gets turned to global goo
tenderized...
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Categories:
zeus, appreciation, april, care, earth day, future, gender,
Form:
Rhyme
Dandylion
"Dandylion"
The guy was a
Dandylion
there was
no denying it
full of promises
and making wishes
residing over
this new world
poetically
speaking, he
shone like
the Sun
he sat on his throne
for all to see
the mane man
roaring non-garrulous
declaring
to...
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Categories:
zeus, dream, humor, muse, word play,
Form:
Narrative
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:
zeus, 12th grade, america, appreciation, beautiful, freedom, health,
Form:
Free verse
The First Gathering, the Wrath, the Return of Zeus*****************************************
The First Gathering, The Wrath, The Return Of Zeus
( "Wherein Fate and Destiny Reign Over Blind Worship )
Else the throngs of mortals find the truth,
teeming in the angry hordes they may,
forget to pay...
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Categories:
zeus, art, corruption, creation, imagination, mythology, symbolism, war,
Form:
Classicism
Galaxy and the Logos:The word "Galaxy", is derived from the Greek "galaxias", literally "milky", a reference to the Milky Way galaxy. Galaxies contain varying amounts of star systems, star clusters and types of interstellar clouds. (Nebula is Latin...
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Categories:
zeus, universe,
Form:
Narrative
ConnectionsI can feel this thread running all over me, it’s like I am connected to the deep blue sea and the current is pulling me into the deep dragging me towards an unplanned destiny; the...
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Categories:
zeus, appreciation, beautiful, business, caregiving, confidence, courage, emotions,
Form:
Narrative
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:
zeus, 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:
zeus, beauty,
Form:
Narrative
Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were MortalAchilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal
Part One- (Years Before Troy)
Achilles* woke, his slain foes calling out his name
hearing merciless woes, his sharpen sword they blame
looking at the heavens he saw the moon glowing blood...
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Categories:
zeus, courage, fantasy, hero, history, mythology, symbolism, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Seven Churches In Revelation In The BibleMany years ago, I was reading the Revelation and came
across the seven churches and thought where were they
then and now for civilizations and some countries changed.
I didn’t have a clue and didn’t bother to do...
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Categories:
zeus, adventure, appreciation, bible, christian, history, places, religion,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Animal WithinThere's an animal deep down inside me, deep in at the depths where my soul lays to rest.
And no, it's not a bunny, or a cute little puppy dog, or even a tiger.
It's more like...
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Categories:
zeus, animal, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
Democracy IiOh, Democracy,*
You, the most desirable bride among
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout
History
In every part of the world, you were the one
They were after
But
You declined their proposals, despite the...
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Categories:
zeus, philosophy, political, society,
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:
zeus, appreciation, art, beautiful, creation, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Sonnet