Best Boreas Poems
Boreas - WaterhouseI take no shelter from the force
barely do I prepare for changeable weather
I'll withstand these winds
the North Wind is predictable in it's whimsy
I'm as solid as the trees
as fluid as the grasses
I may never again be swept off my feet
as there is a darkness behind...
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Categories:
boreas, angst,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Boreas God of the North Wind
wind god
was Boreas
of winter and north winds
swept down from cold northern mountains
of Thrake
he blew
cold icy gusts
of breath from bloated cheeks
hair and beard spiked with ice, wide mouth
howling
sometimes
seen as horse-shaped
purple-winged swift stallion
he swept down on mares in new spring
to sire
horses
for King of Troy
mated with...
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Categories:
boreas, god, wind,
Form:
Cinquain
Ode To BoreasBoreas!
What a bully you are.
You push your burdened mist
Against our proud brick walls,
Whipping up words in torrents.
Spiraling, spitting
Surf more appropriate
For the weathered cliffs,
The wispy eye of the sky.
Yet you provoke in me
Such wanton desires....
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Categories:
boreas, nature
Form:
Ode
Boreas by John William Waterhouse 1902 Oil on CanvasIt’s not that I am languid, more that I am chagrined.
So disappointed to be met by this dreadful north wind.
I am on my way to see him, and I will look so disheveled.
I am convinced the god Boreas is inclined to be bedeviled.
They say I...
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Categories:
boreas, wind,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Wind GodWind god
Boreas- god
Of Winter and North Wind
Swept down from cold northern mountains
of Thrake
He blew
Cold icy gusts
Of breath from bloated cheeks-
Hair and beard spiked with ice, wide mouth
Howling
Sometimes
Seen as horse-shaped
Purple-winged swift stallion,
He swept down on mares, early spring
To sire
Horses
For King of Troy-
Mated with Trojan mares
Fathered the...
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Categories:
boreas, god, mythology, wind,
Form:
Cinquain