Plutarch Poems - Poems about Plutarch

The Emperor's Reply

...Why weren't any of the great emperors, or even those of lesser renown, enticed to acquire such a rich piece of land in the East? There aren’t much of historical archives shedding light on the subject...

The Magic of Worthwhile

...Writers write to master the minds
like mine to master, be thines,
5th century Greek writers Patriarch
Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch.

They savor the flavor, 'Land Battles', be
Persia and G...

No Bird ever soared in a calm

...How can I fly like a bird he dreamed
this man and his brother, with little formal education.
So they dreamed and watched,
they studied and read.
Dickens and Twain, Virgil and Plutarch also.

Th...

Painting

..."Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks" _ Greek philosopher, Plutarch

O wondrous piece of world of art! 
Which painter gave thee lasting breath ? 
Thou wilt remain till fi...

Ode On a Painting

..."Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks" _ Greek philosopher, Plutarch

O hearts  that breathe with nature breath! 
O eyes that dipped in heaven's wine! 
O souls in world of...

Poverty

...“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment
 of all republics.”              ~Plutarch, Greek Philosopher and historian.

Poor people living on the fri...

The Paranoia Poetry Club Revisited

...Got my Dictionary of Quotations,
The Greek Myths of Robert Graves,
Plutarch for beginners’
How The Ancient World Behaves;

Back at the Paranoia Poetry Club,
Local Intellectual Branch
And that ...

Imprison Me

...
Beware the dark of azure twilight
where lightning's arc will lure the sprite,
their wings, so stark, like velour midnight,
fair creature's that mark the allure of starlight.

Share thy ton...

Spirit Species

..."To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage" - Plutarch

        ~

water ...
as home to me as air
to sli...

Sing, Lyre: Sappho Translation

...Sappho, fragment 118
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre;
come, let my words
accompany your voice.

"Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is appare...

The Dilettante Diaries: All Roads Lead Home

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The Dilettante Diaries: "All Roads Lead Home"



All Roads Lead Home
Poems
Stories
Detours
Stepping Stones

All Roads Lead Home

(Lovejoy-Bu...

Erudition May Not Go With Education

...I'm sure everyone has met a few of these:

Planning on college but can't formulate a sentence
or spell shoe
Still they want a degree so they think college will do
Many leaders in the world never...

The Perfect Painting: Painting and Poetry In One

...With her brush and canvas, she charily dash
Slowly and surely, never ever she rushed
Each stroke a decisive measured stoke
Yielding a beauty of light and heavy poke
A family of emotions, she does evo...

Archimedes - the First Pioneering Streaker of History !

...Friends , I present to you a slice of History about the ancient Greek scientist and 
mathematician Archimedes , who ran naked across the street
of Syracuse , in his birthday suit, after he discover...

Peloponnesian Placepo'

...And so life comes to pass
Plato, the Republic, and the riposte of revenge
Knowing history can never fully extend
The Socratic palm of philosophy’s heavy hand
Poisoned by power's thirst for peacef...

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