Childhood Mythology Poems

I have done everything.
I have survived the harshest winters, braved the fiercest jungles, and fought the most heroic battles.
You have too.
You looked to your friend,...

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I warned you about Mother telling her stories.
I warned you,
but you wouldn’t listen.

I warned you about the magic
of golem and djinn,
about lilac walks 
and mysterious...

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Baldur’s goal was to grow up and become a warrior for the Hrungnir
He was careful what he put inside his body to be ready and...

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Krishna grew up in Gokul town with foster parents. He was not only the darling of his parents who pampered him, but the whole township,...

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WINTERS HOUSE 
Black, bare in despair 
alone to nowhere 
On a corner crossroads to everywhere
Sits a house half-forgotten 
a house full of itself and memories
Dark...

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Act Eight, Chapter One. Part Three
                Part of a grander...

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On Old New Christmas Eve

Once we my sister and I over excited 
children finally made our way to bed

Mother slowly begins to wrap our
toys and...

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Burning 
bright into the Infinite
a childhood memory
Stretching out into infinity  
race to green lands 
the planes of childhood 
following nothing 
riding to the edge...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Tribute poem-

With Promise Of Entry, Elysium
 
Childhood, seeing from afar, candle burning bright
with courage, imagination seeing life through
always and forever the promise, heard each night-
walk...

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Caring deity wandering reflection,
love light celestial inward perfection.
Luminous serene time maternity,
conceiving womb sustainity. 
Silent voice drifting flow,
water of mercy and compassion beau.
Provident sphere radiant shade,
heart...

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Ch. 13 b (The whale, cont.)

Now the sardine hunt developed 
As they glimpsed beneath the surface 
Flashing rays of gold and silver
Of the dolphins and the swordfish 
 
That...

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CHAPTER 11b The Island Kingdom, continued...

In an ocean-going vessel
Now this group of island warriors 
Journeyed on an expedition 
From the island to the mainland 

Han...

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There "he" stood in front of me, the deep forest behind him framing
His ancient face like an emerald halo, the growing dark of dusk getting
Deeper...

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In my daughter’s world, fraught with danger,
Sharks swim at the deep end of the community swimming pool,
Long-clawed demons roam the hallways after dusk,
Sea lions emerge...

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