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Mythology Poems | Examples of Mythology Poetry

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Premium Member Lilith
The first independent woman created by God from dust, and placed in the Garden of Eden, turned into a hot fiery female of fantasy. The first wife of Adam, she got banished from Eden for disobeying his masculine domination. In...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, mythology,
Form: Free verse



Pegasus
Somewhere, deep in a cave, an unknown creature is born. It will open its eyes to the harsh realities to be called ungodly; Yet, through a mother's eyes, it is beautiful in its very design. The way it...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, animal, beauty, horse, mother,
Form: Free verse
Salvage A Whir
Stair carefully dear into the unknown abyssal void. Pier was once past and now rotted and rictus, petrified. Hue manatee threaded ten den and garnet. Ruby teardrops and crimson Damascus drips droplets, like a leak key faucet in the...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, dark, dog, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ''What Beauty Is To The Geometrist'' Reprised
What beauty is (to the geometrist), is the shape of the Golden Ratio! Beauty is courage, the defiant fist of a protector fear can't overthrow. ...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, beauty, literature, love, metaphor,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Lilith
I am Lilith, like a ghost pipe under oak shadows of Tomorrow River Valley hiding in-between hours, roots sipping moonlit juice borrowed from Eden, a deception of men ascending into the hollow of my forgotten stories— awaiting Judgment and Consumption, theirs...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, analogy, endurance, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Lilith
Written: May 23, 2024, For Silent One Lilith Contest ...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Lilith
Rose-petal lips, first quarter-moon forehead, galaxy face Dimpled chin, button nose, flimsy jaw, eyes with a wild gaze Skin that lures and intoxicates, like Tawny Port wine She's divine. She's benign. She's also a sign of decline. Created from...Read the rest...
Categories: myth, mythology, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lilith
“The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there and find for Lilith...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Curse of The Pearl
Legends from Hawaii, are in themselves, legendary, like some treasured keepsake. The Pearls Curse is not on library shelves, just a few Hawaiians that I forsake ... Prompts summed place the world had called Pearl Harbor, the locals called the...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, absence, betrayal, bullying, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Zeus
Zeal for leadership Empowered by lightning and thunder Ultimate ruler of the gods Sky is his domain 5-15-2024...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Truth in Time
Materialised out of t’ foggy whorl. Most people have speculated without fail from whence shores or dimension you have hail’d. They agreed upon: You’re out of this world! A temperament like Mercury hurled. I’m a master in the...Read the rest...
Categories: horse, mythology,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Persephone's Kisses
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ glittering swarms: Persephone’s kisses...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member My Vision Quest
The skies grew dark, Flashes of light, The past, the present, Glimpses in my sight. The dreams of the night, Invade until twilight. An owl comes with a message, Dreams and nightmares, Visions and premonitions. I see her focus within my view, Then I realize...Read the rest...
Categories: mythology, blessing, devotion, dream, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Delphic
The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson The tow’ring trees with their branches widespread Sift light which falls like a golden shower (As when Zeus to Danaë’s chamber came) Reaching the moist...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, fantasy, mythology, nature,
Form: Free verse
CROSSROADS
Well, here I am again… at my crossroads I can tell they are mine The marker I.D. reads “Between a rock and a hard place” “What a shameful disgrace As usual, I am not alone We are not born alone So,...Read the rest...
Categories: destiny, journey, mythology, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry

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