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Peace In the Nowhere

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"Peace in the Nowhere"

Ghosts remain in this place
they read their words 
marked each day on walls
like prayers, it gives them
peace in the nowhere

someplace relevant ...

Categories: pythia, muse, poems, poets,
Form: Narrative

Apollo's Crown

...Lush green verdant hills of peace 
beneath lavender skies of 
linen and oleander gentle pink 
inside my seaside windy garden nook 
a gift for Pythia, high priestess of Greece 
Flower of ...

Categories: pythia, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Verse

Pythia Could Not Hear Cassandra's Groom

...Cassandra’s groom was calling to her, but she did not hear him
She had entered a natural trance when she entered the grotto
She was now Pythia, high priestess of the Temple of Apollo
The most powe...

Categories: pythia, mythology,
Form: Free verse

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Sitting With Koans

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"Sitting with Koans" 

Zazen sits zafu'd in the zendo
with the poetic monkey minds
echoing the sound of two hands clapping
producing sound bites bitten like Botticelli repr...

Categories: pythia, muse,
Form: Free verse

The Sleeper and the Supernaturalist

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"The Sleeper and The Supernaturalist"


The Sleeper
shone as she walked 
through the Woods

shining alive 
like nothing
natural could

caught 
in the moonlight 
una...

Categories: pythia, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative

The Annunciation of Its Other Self

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"The Annunciation of Its Other Self"



Inside the heart
an Ocean swells
its tides take one 
further out 

in the still reflection 
a pearl, like light, cast out
the ...

Categories: pythia, i am,
Form: Free verse

Delphi

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"Delphi"
 


Held in the palm of Zeus
there transforms Her solitary Self
in The Seat of Pythia

delivering prophecies
filled by the spirit of 
Enthusia...

Categories: pythia, freedom, i am, life,
Form: Free verse

Tells Tolls Tribute

...Tells Tolls Tribute


                        The veil of shadows is the bright rite of passage
                        it casts its rainbow  when the  final  curtain falls

    Dressed in lost...

Categories: pythia, death, life,
Form: Verse

Brutus Iulius Trois Page 08

...Brutus Iulius Trois page 08 

Suddenly stillness all sounds silenced  the last pirate slain.
From the bowels of the Tireme came cheers that grew louder
From men newly freed from their enslavement...

Categories: pythia, history,
Form: Epic

Pythia At Delphi

...P ythia at Delphi, a famed Greek oracle
Y ielded much wise counsel; that’s a fact historical.
T ales are told of famous kings by whom she was employed.
H erodotus, when told that a great land woul...

Categories: pythia, history
Form: Acrostic

A Plea To the Priestess

...Oh, Pythia, will I find a mate
Priestess of Apollo, guide my fate
 
Many miles I’ve traveled to beseech
Only to learn the forecast you’ll preach
 
Scholars congregate seeking answers
To tear d...

Categories: pythia, visionary
Form: Couplet

Pythia, Why Has Thou Words Whispered Blood

...Pythia, why has thou words whispered blood
That I would kill the crown to wear its gold
A Prince myself, why should I lust to be
A King...a killer...or whatever thy speaks
Who dares not know my f...

Categories: pythia, mysteryfather, father, may, me,
Form: Blank verse