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Patroclus Poems - Poems about Patroclus


The Song of Patroclus
...We shall meet at last, when I am finally laid to rest. You had to cross first, for you witnessed my leaving, Achilles. I wait still, in silence, to hold thy hand in the dark below, Alas, a......

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Categories: patroclus, absence, death, death of
Form: Free verse
The Lovers
...-For Achilles and Patroclus, reunited in death Alone, walks a soul upon the earth. He stands before a memorial, knowing that is where his body lies, But he himself has no grave; no reme......

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Categories: patroclus, death, devotion, love, mythology,
Form: Free verse



Homer Translations
...Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch Passage h......

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Categories: patroclus, beauty, god, home, mountains,
Form: Free verse
Homer translations
...Homer translations Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michae......

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Categories: patroclus, death, father son, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Epic Pursuits
...Back in the mists of time Were stories sung Where minds in thrall by minstrels Were held With tales revealing Viscerality and viciousness The currency of glory and shame. Who does not mar......

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Categories: patroclus,
Form: Free verse



For the Love of Apollo
...You were too beautiful for me. Your song forever burning in my mind, oh love, will they make a myth of us i wonder? too light, too divine, too harsh i was just a girl. but my whole life i have o......

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Categories: patroclus, anger, beauty, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Character
...Armour plated Sword wielding Grim determined Heart beating Friend and foe Always leading Is he man Or God seething Suited man By clothes protected He's the one Best selected Never losin......

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Categories: patroclus, allegory, art, brother, friendship,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Fluid Drive For Gwen
...Fluid Drive for Gwen Sleep is a many splendored ring [lostfully] lust in sleep’s [giant] silent loss. rungs of ‘nipples, climbing...[ ladder] in [Vegas,...chest-quest frost, first cropp......

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Categories: patroclus, allegory
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

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