Pericles Poems - Poems about Pericles

... Written: January 17, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."Quote ......

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...The Swan of Avon known as the bard Born on St Georges day A wizard of words not one line marred He wrote many a wonderful play The legacy he left for us Still can bring us joy Star crosse......

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...Herodotus climbs ladder of history Every time he does it he falls off But he does not break his back And does not lose scrolls of Ulysses As historian I too love ladder climbing But do you kno......

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...Mubarak is a case in point. You leave a man on top too long, he loses track of what he is, beginning to believe he's Pericles. Thus white shades into black. Magruder, Coulson, Mitchell, Lid......

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...aim true don’t shake spear the beast measure for measure this is the taming of the shrew the tempest as you will it feels much ado about nothing as if it is the comedy of errors now on th......

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...before the beginning, aches burnt slow fuses in blood shrapnel'd fog, salted feet tread spattered rain, as men held spent while veiled mothers wept; growth rings sat lonely on soot tarnished wal......

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...Oh, Parthenon,* Sublime aesthetic structure, Embodiment of unparalleled elegance, Incarnation of history, philosophy, and sciences, Everlasting beacon of human civilization, Glorification of a......

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...Shoulders hunched, bluetooth crackling In his ear, wandering at callers whim- "It is I, the deep forest calling you; Cast off the tethers to your soul! Run naked through the trees! Answer the howlin......

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...ACROPOLIS Ancient fortress, the wind carried to me your silent call, Commune with your warring deities way deep in my soul. Rooted among the scarred ruins strewn......

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...Phidias by his labor sculpted you into a majestic temple Atop the craggy Acropolis to watch over Athens beautiful, Rugged boulders, pine forests, ancient agoras and all. The mighty god Poseidon lu......

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