Greek Mythology Poems - Poems about Greek Mythology

* Everyone grieves in their own way ~ time will only tell if healing comes, * for some, deaths blanket; unbearable and Thanatos is nearby —poetess * * Despair? so be...

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-For Achilles and Patroclus, reunited in death Alone, walks a soul upon the earth. He stands before a memorial, knowing that is where his body lies, But he himself has no grave; no remembrance: He will not be told in future stories, Unlike the man he lies beside in the earth: who he loved so dearly. He stares at the...

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-For Asterion, who only became a monster because he was treated like one Throw him in the pit where he belongs, Though he was not born naturally evil: no one is. His mother had raised him with watchful, tender care And now he longs to hold her hand again. The doll she gave him smells like her, So he...

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Gray, Dismal Rainy days. Then leafless trees, As it gets warmer, All start to sprout new buds. Migratory birds appear. Abandoning the underworld, And the ruler of the dead, Hades, Persephone returns to Demeter. ...

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you are calling for me with sweet melodies from the underworld, "Oh Persephone come back to me" imbued with sobs, negligently i slip into your arms - how dantesque of me to conjure an inferno upon me....

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The rising red sun arousing Mother Gaea with bright red embers....

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Wings, gifted to him. Tools of freedom and one’s end. Follow instructions....

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It once belonged to me, but you’ve since traded it it, exchanging every sacrifice, every fiber of my life, for your new world your new wife. I’m covered in blood we brought into this world, but it stains only your hands. As I watch the souls I brought into this world, leave silently, innocently, I picture biting into your chest, tearing, ripping, gnawing veins and arteries as you scream and...

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Every day and night I sit within my tower. The sun scorching with all its might Waiting to melt me and drag me lower. The dream to escape my confinement Avoiding the Sun’s wrath to make me trip. I still have to fulfil the requirements To break free of the haters’ grip....

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DEMETER CRIES Sun in center and white wings around The hundred florae in one stem, cheated; My daughter never knew t’was him. The fragrance was sweet but toxic. His chariot stood with black steed. And he took her away to hell. Long nine days I got killed by inches! “Why have you done this to my daughter?” “Hades wanted to marry her”, Zeus...

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Hercules Hero mortal of Greek Mythology Hera his mother jealous of him Had left him in the woods to expire Hidden and fed from Minerva’s nipple He is imbued with strength Hence “The Strongest of all Gods” His twelve labors a penance fulfilled...

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Erato Each of the nine Muses Endeavor to inspire. Erato, lyre in hand, Engages with men's minds, Elegantly with words ... Each phoneme, each pattern Encourages lyrics....

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Her silk petal lips Whispering her words of love and lust into my ear a siren serenades me I know it’s time to disappear My melancholy resounds in the sound of her voice Persuasive and almost naive to her intentions a choice Do I run or give in to her bittersweet melody a siren only calls to your...

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I welcome your winds, these triumphant storms. The gleeful cries of the mother who mourned. Winds carry my soul as I cheer with thunderstorms. Quickly I shall ride on the fields once scorned. Creation flits upon Demeter’s song. New life, a chorus filling lands once dead. Songs so divine lure Helios along. Twas Persephone so pure he had glimpsed. Your gales hold...

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Cronus would never be defeated, or so he thought. Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon a lesson taught. Zeus took the sky, Hades the underworld, Poseidon the sea. Poseidon became father of floods, hurricanes, storms, all three. He somehow also grabbed up horses, which seems a stretch. But this is Greek mythology, thus a teensy bit of a far-fetch. The Romans borrowed the...

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