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Tamar Poems - Poems about Tamar


Premium Member Tamar the Great of Georgia
[paraphrase of a Svan folksong] I, I am Queen Tamar I raised myself to Heaven I dug up a barren mountain I left only a deep hole I put the sword to Constantinople I drove them into the sea I made their lands my lands....

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Categories: tamar, adventure, allegory, dream, history,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Princess Tamar of Georgia
[paraphrase of a Svan folk song] Tamar's mother said, "Tamar, You were born fully grown. Child, I saw you in a dream I looked into the starlit sky and saw That you were the village And you were the world."...

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Categories: tamar, allegory, child, history, mother
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Judah and Tamar
This tale is most unusual; you may not know it well. Seems Judah got himself a wife; her name’s not in the tell. He knew her and she bore three sons: Shelah, Onan, and Er. Now Er was first, the oldest son, and Shelah, the younger. Then Judah found a gal for Er; yes Tamar was his wife. But Er...

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Categories: tamar, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Her Name Was Tamar
This Christmas, I am moved by the names in the genealogy of Jesus. ...

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Categories: tamar, bible, christian, christmas, marriage,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Queen Tamar
She had a sword To cut of the heads Of subjects not fitting She has a heart That lies upon a cold stone Torn, withered A knight from afar On horseback did ride Passing by the tombstone He glanced, the wind at his back He slowed, for no reason Other than chance He unmounted and strolled over To this old stone of long ago And felt the beating heart Of...

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Categories: tamar, adventure, beauty, death, mystery,
Form: Light Verse



Tamar
I love you little branch Dancing in the breeze Little leaf laughing at the cloud Little wind flirting with the trees' Old ego, playing smart Trying to find roots Where there is no topsoil; the heart Still wants - more than lutes' Five minutes of pleasure. I like you patiently becoming What you have seen...

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Categories: tamar, people,
Form: Verse

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