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Sisyphus Poems - Poems about Sisyphus

Premium Member The second Sisyphus
7:01 ~ this isn't any fun. 7:02 ~ but what can i do? 7:03 ~ the gods have it in for me. 7:04 ~ i can't stand this anymore. 7:05 ~ i no longer want to be alive. 7:06 ~ how did i get into this fix? 7:07 ~ why can't i make it to 7:11? 7:08 ~ please! get this off...

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Categories: sisyphus, allusion, crazy, endurance, fate,
Form: List
Sisyphus Silence
Sisyphus’ Silence I sit, a silent, carved-out zone, A soul entrapped, unlit, unwhole, The majority’s tide grinds flesh to bone, While others’ feelings wallow, roll In mud that clings, a river’s drone. Sisyphus slumps at mountain’s base, Scowls at the stone, then dares a smile, “Nevermore” hums through empty space, The gods, once loud, now mute, exiled....

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Categories: sisyphus, angst,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Sisyphus, Tantalus, and Ixion
I feel like Sisyphus most ev’ryday. A constant struggle carrying my load. A punishment that never goes away To push my rock down here in Death’s abode How well I know just how Tantalus feels: To grasp at dreams forever out of reach. And knowing that admitting this reveals I’ll never learn the lessons life will teach. And Ixion, the least known of...

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Categories: sisyphus, depression,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Time
Always watched and regarded Ever sought as it's departed Inquired about, looked at often Only ignored when inside our coffin Perception might be the key It is wise if we take heed Once began, it will not stop Like King Sisyphus and his rock Through it, all will come to rot With money it cannot be bought At moments futile, it always wins A...

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Categories: sisyphus, riddle, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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 senseless. Sisyphus had to roll a rock from the foot of a hill. To the top of the same, and then drop it to the bottom. He had to, then,...

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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...

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Categories: sisyphus, color,
Form: Free 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 away In this fantasy, we'd better stay. Mind strong words, that set us free Freedom is key, for you and for me. Life is a movie by Wes Anderson; Absurd...

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Categories: sisyphus, adventure, film, life, moving
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Myth of Sisyphus
Sisyphus wished to overcome the death, This the gods did never like, the myth says; It's hence they decided to take his breath, In ways other than the very death plays. They gave him a big boulder, the myth reads, To carry it from the foot of a hill; To its top and when reaching there he needs, To drop it down...

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Categories: sisyphus, death, life, work,
Form: Rhyme
Sisyphus
Sometimes Sisyphus may be envied amain by long lean spell sufferers, no less. Because at least he could time and again enjoy his euphoria near success....

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Categories: sisyphus, perspective,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Sisyphus Says
I am King Sisyphus. Known as noble and great Why such jealousy among gods? They wanted my great doom. Hence the trial Boulder! I am King Sisyphus. I carried the boulder. I proved I am greater than them. They were so astonished. I felt better. Bolder! I am King Sisyphus. I say, win over death. Keep your mind, spirits united. Overcome all hurdles. Give brethren your Shoulder! I am King Sisyphus. Give confidence to all. The universe calls you...

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Categories: sisyphus, life, myth,
Form: Verse
Sisyphus
Sisyphus. The Might. Death now humiliated, chained by mortal king, will you remain with the dead ? No. This is not yet your realm. Sisyphus. The Craft. Hades now outraged, outwitted by mortal king, do you yet deceive the dead ? Yes. Such remains your realm. Sisyphus. The Hill. Zeus, now intercede, chastise the mortal king, will his eternity be spared ? No. Such is not his...

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Categories: sisyphus, analogy,
Form: Verse
Where Art Sisyphus
Tis quite a beast of burden to bear atlas (shrug off not allowed) Atlas shrugged an impossibility tantamount to skinny dipping in the lock nest lagoon Tantamount to shrugging Atlas off mine bony, ill suited, widower wizened shoulders, would take naked fat chance in Fountain Head of virgin waters, eddy fied with...

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Categories: sisyphus, absence, allegory, anxiety, deep,
Form: Free verse
Diary of Sisyphus
I scale a mountain high Sandals on feet propel me toward the sky. Breathing thin air through thin nostrils I sweat and try To minimize being battered by the razor winged fly That scalps my beard and the lashes of each eye. Honestly, with each heavenly step I try But stumble, and am humbled to cry… Not for lack of joy or...

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Categories: sisyphus, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sisyphus
Sisyphus He rolled the boulder with his burdened shoulder up that treacherous summit Tricked in hubristic self-righteousness again and again he thought he had done it We engage in similar madness regardless of whether Gods punished us somehow or we simply can’t fathom another journey on the path to inner enlightenment miss the signs and the signposts when or...

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Categories: sisyphus, peace,
Form: Verse
Sisyphus
Sisyphus would hardly stop even on the mountain's top. Volodymyr Knyr 2017...

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Categories: sisyphus, hero, humorous, mountains, moving
Form: Couplet

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