Myth Poems | Examples of Myth Poetry

I always said tether to the void Not any idealistic reason or choice Now suspended I know why I’ve been devoid Because how can one speak with an inside voice Where no one can hear you outside yourself Dawn of...Read the rest...

I once made a man see stars, read the state of his synthetic, wrinkled suit back to him, I watched as it melted. Served him the world on a mirror— Cracker Barrel plate of desire, he said. It...Read the rest...

The Walking Dead It’s said that at the crucifixion, certain events took place. But nowhere in history do we find this case. Eclipses, in the ancient world, were important events, And often believed to be major portents. But history lacks...Read the rest...

Meaning hangs on a wing and briefly holds together, tipping on some fine edge, a feathers weight from oblivion. Take this evening, a sunset settling upon the water, the fleck of a small boat with its solitary figure floating the still, birds...Read the rest...

She told us stories. I remember the one were she said that her great grand father started a smokehouse business were he cured pork and sold beef and turkeys in the city and at resturants. She spoke of a recipe for cheery and almond wine:...Read the rest...

King Minos of Crete asked Daedalus, the inventor, to create a labyrinth beneath his palace. He housed Minotaur, a fearsome monster in the labyrinth. Minotaur had the head of a bull and body of a man. Princess Ariadne aided the Minotaur,...Read the rest...

Custodians of ancient wisdom Omens on wings of white Symbols of transformation Graceful watchers in flight Harboring all the secrets the creative and destruction Protectors of the buffalo Warning of the hunters Beauty in white feathers Mutation of genetics Messengers of Apollo Hauntingly prophetic It's said that...Read the rest...

Guinevere Was King Arthur's darling dear, Once day, she said, "I'm sorry M'Lord, I gave your nephew, Mordred, your sword". Mordred was not a man one should entrust. King Arthur was a bit more than nonplussed. Guinevere said, "Don't sweat it", But...Read the rest...

The People with Wings It was a huge photograph of an eye – an amazing eye that now drew everyone to Mecca. It was said to belong to one of the ‘People with...Read the rest...

8 soft boiled eggs peeled 2 cup of cream cheese 1/4 cup of heavy cream 41/4 of melted butter 1/3 chopped mushrooms 3 tablespoon of minced garlic 1/4 cup of dehydrated onions 3 egg yolks 1/2 cup of flaked steamed salmon 4 tablespoon...Read the rest...

Stratocaster She spoke of diversity and inclusion and made it overly obvious that she wasn't interested in a relationship with me I loved her company she was almost mystical it served her well as she could bring a smile to a porcupine she was...Read the rest...

Silent, be thy beauty. Alone… Still, believing, old wives' tales…sewn, in bracken and bone. ...Read the rest...

An abattoir, a hymn of scythes severing flesh, is sung mellifluously by a siren with onyx scales. Bubbles in the twilight abyssal depths, a symphonic orchestra of eels gavotte. Orbs watch at these pressures with...Read the rest...

(Piece is intended to be the most complex vocabulary gothic ever) Grandiloquence, mellifluous pulchritudinous, gaiety of quintessential moistening serendipity, bile deluge if you show the sanguinary breath, crimson waterfall sizzling on lava rock hellscape. Yclept necrophelia maestra, macabre tableau, dips douse abyssal incarnate, now...Read the rest...

“Hope floats from purple petals to ebony buds” —Silent One Scents of jasmine overwhelm boldly along the granite trail made from ebony buds. Under Jupiter June’s skyline orbits an alignment enhancing deeper blue tones on earth’s surface. Infinite rows of...Read the rest...