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Sisyphus Poems - Poems about Sisyphus

Sisyphus Poems - Examples of all types of poems about sisyphus to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for sisyphus.
Premium Member Confidence
...A sly inflection shifts the paradigm. Rambling renaissance men without a clue. Notable declensions; mismanaged time. Skewing the truth and balance of value. When paying mind to another's succe......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, analogy, art, character, confidence,
Form: Sonnet



The Myth Of Sisyphus
...Sisyphus, king of Corinth, challenged the monopoly. Of gods over the heavens, salvation, and life endless Deciding to teach him a lesson perpetually Gods imposed upon him a punishment that seemed ......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, life, myth,
Form: Sonnet
Sisyphus In Love
...“Sisyphus in love” stuck in a forever flowering field of oddly even petalled daisies day in and day out plucking and chanting she loves me she loves me not......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, color,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Dilatory Thought
...Blessed in abundance that manifests in our stressed daily interaction with our fellow man, and the sincerest form of our inner wellbeing is the outpour of laughter. Dormant in the face of advers......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, introspection,
Form: Verse
Action!
...By any river, all the waterfalls, Every scene of life, we toast the stars. we run and we sing, with passion in heart Just like Kurt's guitar: broken apart. Shrinking the world, borders go awa......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, adventure, film, life, moving
Form: Carpe Diem



Premium Member Treadmill
...Trudging exhausted, weary and spent Revolving in an ennui which will not relent Each step closer to nowhere, be it fast or slow As days crawl by friends come and they g......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, analogy, anxiety, stress,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Toss a Coin
...I wrote this orphan poem to see if the infamous Australian musician Paul Kelley can torn it into a song. Many have tried and failed.. Toss a Coin (c) London F. Buss ......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, destiny, emotions, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Nietzsche Star Key Trinity
...loss will one day resurrect its sum ~ good news for most too bad for some tough break for menippean efilists ~ living with sisyphus syndrome three rotating helios monokus ~ ......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, allusion, metaphor, perspective,
Form: Monoku
Exclusion
...I know the game of exclusion, have played it all my life and now I've mastered it, a talent to brag about. Exclusion from normality, the joy of inclusion. Exclusion from continuity, the mala......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, absence,
Form: Ballad
Struggle
...These words set down upon the page I struggle with most every day Sometimes light as feathers flown The breeze picks up and moves along Other times like heavy stones I roll with heavy heart ......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, metaphor, myth, words, writing,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Ubiquitous
...Ubiquitous, they’re everywhere you look Ridiculous, each page of every book Umbilicus, they bind us like a tether Precipitous, in haste, like nasty weather Iniquitous, they’re tossed about in cur......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Exsanguinating Leeches
...Exsanguinating leeches Rich cream on ripened peaches, Or Riviera beaches, tickling the ears it reaches Exsanguination is to bleed A practice we no longer need Now, Coumadin can quickly speed ......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, silly,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Of An Ebony Hued Mid-Summer Night Dream: Apropos of We Kings, Queens, and the Fiery Furnace
...OF AN EBONY HUED MID-SUMMER NIGHT DREAM (Apropos of We Kings, Queens, and The Fiery Furnace) Indeed, this is a day the Lord has made:- Considering last night’s revelation dreaming, Waking up in......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, allegory, analogy, bible, black
Form: Prose
Selfish Death
...The mind is a mysterious vessel It carries decisions and memories of yesterday but No matter how many whiskeys, they will not disappear It replays life altering choices Alongside choices not made......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, death, depression, hurt, loneliness,
Form: Lyric
Itch
...Wake up and start it over again The scratching I can do with my pen. The task always seems to be undone. There remain so many miles to run. I have the stone to push up the hill I have lands......Read the rest...
Categories: sisyphus, writing,
Form: Rhyme

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