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Mythology Poems | Examples of Mythology Poetry

Mythology Poems - Examples of all types of mythology poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for mythology.
Freyja put to shame
pale blue Polar vortex/ pre-dawn light, puce, gold glow/ no match, She trades Her mere myth for the Depth...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, beauty, faith, growth, january,
Form: Cinquain
All Is Fair
All is fair in love and war, For love and war are lovers. War and Love, those deities so fair, Aphrodite and Ares belong to one another. All is fair in love and war,...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, beautiful, heart, love, myth,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Sea of Roses
Asleep, lost in rapid eye movement, my soul awoke in a state of disequilibrium, yearning for the comfort of bosoms. In its vertigo, it perceived a path towards the myths of lovers, searching for stories of devotion - to...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, love, mythology,
Form: Free verse

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The Knave Of Bells
chief of disguise collector of masks the King wears his as a helmet to scare off enemies the fool with false nose the jester in chains remains in oubliette singing in his screams impossible to forget the old men who come...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, allusion, bereavement, death, fairy,
Form: Lyric
War Fought In The Shadows
The War Fought in The Shadows It’s one that little spoken of Many are the lives we’ve lost Many are the Valliant soldiers Who soldier on in the Gods abode They have made Genna their home It was and still is...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, community, conflict, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse



Love Born
Born of Aphrodite, in every life graceful. Born of Aphrodite, in every life loving. Bound to children of war, Sons and Daughters of Ares. In every life devoted, To loving and...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, beautiful, beauty, birth, child,
Form: Free verse
War Born
Born of Ares, In every life violent. Born of Ares, In every life brave. Bound to children of Love, Aphrodite’s daughters and sons. In every life devoted, to affection and protection. ...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, appreciation, beautiful, birth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What Leave the Fates Decree
To Hades, black as ink, our souls shall sink, And all our lives are gone within a wink! Yet fleeting! E’er so fleeting! Though it be, So well we love what leave the Fates decree. ...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, angst, courage, dark, death,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Voyage to Asphodel
Listen to this grief I tell, How love away from me didst wind. And though in time, I think she’ll find I loved her better – never mind – The whole of life, its parts combined, Are only sorrows intertwined....Read the rest...
Categories: death, grief, life, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
Chinese Twelve Zodiac
2025.2.2, CNY 5th day There are twelve Zodiac in Chinese Fung Shiu. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon and Snake Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar. There were terms "Tam hop, Tu s/xung. Meaning three for, four against. Best matches are...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, culture, fate, happiness, health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Steampunk
In the copper-clad cradle of time where gears whir fugues to forgotten dreams..... the fog—a somnolent specter—drifts..... veiling the calculus of progress a manuscript etched by steam and soot. Hark The hiss of pistons proclaims a triumph—or perhaps a dirge— for we...Read the rest...
Categories: literature, mythology, technology, time,
Form: Narrative
Themis’ Echo: Women as Architects of Change
In the ethereal realm, where Themis holds sway, A cosmic ballet of justice, a metaphorical play. Yet, in our earthly sphere, reflections intertwine, Empower women—the catalysts of progress divine. Like Themis, with scales, a celestial display, Let women’s worth twirl...Read the rest...
Categories: inspiration, mythology, symbolism, women,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Kelpie Shore
Do not stop to dip your toes or heaven knows to swim within this sea of winds where waves are whipped to horses ears and tails of white among the foam foolish child go home retreat, and walk no more upon...Read the rest...
Categories: myth, mythology,
Form: Free verse
The Dance of Silent Echoes
The Dance of Silent Echoes Somethin’ tender whispers— In shadows thick with night— A heart’s soft Reverberation— Chasing, burning bright. Each brush of fleeting breath— A warmth—against the chill—...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, adventure, art, desire, fashion,
Form: Personification
What Menace
I saw ten ships departing north, From out the grand Canal. They each were armed with cannons four, With mighty rationale. Atop them flew my country's flag, A phoenix white in pride, It struck about the side of crag, The first ship...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, dark, mythology, sea,
Form: I do not know?

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