Hail the King of Napoli
...HAIL THE KING OF NAPOLI (1)
The Chronicles of the old king, Diego.
An epitaph of his statue reads: "When I go,
I go away from you then this badge
loses honour and beats dead with no urge"
Lik...
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Categories:
tyrrhenian, 1st grade, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Nothing Normal
...I miss normalcy
or whatever she is calling herself these days
screams from the bedroom
painted pestiferous in pantomime
ripping chests open,
round and ripe
taking bullets to the t...
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Categories:
tyrrhenian, remember,
Form: Ballade
Italy's Last Manned Lighthouse
...From Italy’s Punta Carena Lighthouse painted pompeian red,
we watch the sun sink into The Tyrrhenian Sea with some dread.
A magnificent beast, stone steps carved from lava taken from Mt. Vesuvius,...
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Categories:
tyrrhenian, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Appian Way
...(The Appian Way was the main highway leading south
from ancient Rome. It still exists today, and is a beautiful
stretch of peaceful, traffic-free road, surrounded by Roman
tombs and umbrella p...
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Categories:
tyrrhenian, history,
Form: Sonnet
Costa Concordia
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This was a commercial maritime catastrophe.
Could it happen in the twenty-first century?
Such a disaster happened off the coast of Italy.
A ship ran into the shoals of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
It...
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Categories:
tyrrhenian, history, loss,
Form: Rhyme
The Sunny Island of Capri
...The sunniest island,
with its Sea Stacks standing out
of the Tyrrhenian Sea,
shimmers as sailboats glide
in timeless serenity...
Paradise's duplication in man's heart.
Winter brings no drif...
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Categories:
tyrrhenian, music, peace, sea, seasonssea,
Form: Sestina