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CROSSROADSWell, here I am again… at my crossroads
I can tell they are mine
The marker I.D. reads “Between a rock and a hard place”
“What a shameful disgrace
As usual, I am not alone
We are not born alone
So,...
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Categories:
destiny, journey, mythology, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry
Icarus, RevisitedIn a house, half-mad, with mother and dad,
And a labyrinth he couldn’t escape -
He trudged the maze, with a string ball, so sad.
The sky’s warm, gay orb, too, was round in shape. ...
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Categories:
mythology, father, flying, humor, love,
Form: Sonnet
Manipulative MonstersBelieve it or not, their ubiquitous webs
Are everywhere; they are the dictators
Who kidnap, maim, torture and kill teachers,
Poets, ordinary folks and babies in their cribs.
They rob and ransack innocent citizens,
Steal elections and after a lifetime...
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Categories:
mythology, animal, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Della VossaPatrick
Jovial, Inquisitive, Wise and Poetic
Brother of Brian, Daniel, Andrea, Mellissa, Jamil and Anwar
Lover of Freedom, Poetry, and Video Games
Who Feels...
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Categories:
mythology, best friend, chicago, christian,
Form: Bio
Dancing Mad
I
Standing in a glass cube
As rain falls all around
The fate of the world
Is up for sale
Valkyries burst like bombs
As the forces of evil push us down
Lightning lances across the sky
And we're begging for a...
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Categories:
conflict, imagination, meaningful, mythology,
Form: Free verse
What Beauty IsWhat beauty is (to the geometrist),
is the shape of the Golden Ratio!
Beauty is courage, the defiant fist
of a protector fear can't overthrow;
...
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Categories:
beauty, forgiveness, mythology, paris,
Form: Sonnet
SuccubusIntrinsic behavior
I am my own savior
Love's a joy
Not a labor
Rather be in your good favor
Kiss me I'm not real
Or so it seems to me
Nothing's all I feel
Or so it seems to be
What you're chasing...
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Categories:
mythology, desire, dream, drug, how
Form: I do not know?
Alas, Sweet Muse, How I Desire, and BurnAlas, sweet Muse! How I desire, and burn,
to sing a joyous hymn no less, no worse,
than the most happy hymns in all of verse!
How I...
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Categories:
mythology, depression, inspiration, joy, life,
Form: Italian Sonnet
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Categories:
mythology, character, dark, death, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
The HeirIn days of yore, when gods ruled and men sinned,
a tale unfolded, whispered by the wind.
Etana, King of Kish, his heart aflame,
yearned for a son; a successor to name.
Escaping corporeal bounds,...
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Categories:
myth, mythology,
Form: Metrical Tale
The Reflecting Halls of MeiosisHe speaks an uncomplex language,
a simpler time and all the more better
for he to not contemplate the ways of the Sun -
revolving around in his mind,
burning synapsis, conjoining
an onyx ringed Saturn unmasked
(they say...
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Categories:
mythology, romance, sun,
Form: Free verse
Legends of oldWhen little kids ask for stories
Regale them of our lore and its glories.
Listening with rapt notice
Tales of champions and menaces.
One and all exclaim with awe
Hearing about our Gods.
They don't die
Live within us and fly.
Burn like...
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Categories:
life, myth, mythology, old,
Form: Rhyme
The Powers That Be“So this is your yearly assessment
Pray tell how you feel you have done
Since we made you Head of Progressment
Shaping everything under the Sun.”
“My achievements are way beyond measure
And whilst...
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Categories:
mythology,
Form: Rhyme
Velle ilditues 87:63I am the balloon man bears eat my fingers the circus clowns grow my seeds. Forgive all of your dirty deeds....
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Categories:
analogy, fantasy, imagination, mythology,
Form: Free verse
O Bipolar, Harass Me NevermoreO Bipolar, harass me nevermore!
Depart from me! For Easter Sunday's here,
a comfort which transforms this time of year,
and cuts you like an ox for evermore.
O...
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Categories:
mythology, christian, depression, easter, extended
Form: Italian Sonnet
Specific Types of Mythology Poems
Definition | What is Mythology in Poetry?
Poems Related to Mythology
lore, belief, tradition, legend, conviction, mythos, myths, stories, folk tales, mythicism,