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Patroclus
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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©
Manya Saxena
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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©
Amelie Ison
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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Michael Burch
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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Michael Burch
Categories:
patroclus,
death, father son, god,
Form:
Free verse
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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©
Denis Bruce
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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©
Emily Becker
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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Reid Galler
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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Thomas Stanton
Categories:
patroclus,
allegory
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme