The Battle of the Vitasta
...While textualizing history
(now after nearly 24 centuries)
Of the Battle of the ‘Vitasta,’ or ‘Hydaspes’
Or the Jhelum (a name now common),
There’s bound to be some swerve,
Which is how (accordi...
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Categories:
satrap, history,
Form: Narrative
The Bridge At Abydos 1
...I
There are two ways of being in this world,
the eagle and the serpent, sometimes called:
while one seeks boundless heaven, wings unfurled,
the other through low dirt has always crawled,
and see...
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Categories:
satrap, history,
Form: Rhyme
Militourism
...They’re entering my place
And they will ask no question
I’ll understand through days
They took my world with action
Of thousands high-boots
Of coloures of the martial
The God won’t help they’re...
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Categories:
satrap, allegory, emotions, freedom, irony,
Form: Lyric
The Citadel
...A citadel perhaps
Of shadows only
Making walls from the thoughts
Of disembodied men
Each satrap
Anxious with its own platform
Does not feel for us at all
I could speak to your heart
Reposed...
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Categories:
satrap, allegory, political
Form: Free verse