Tag: mythology

• Homeward Trojan

  Years of siege, stalemate and tedious pause Leached away what raw feeling, what zeal, Dreamy Queen Helen’s theft ordained. Feral as spurned Hera, He emerges, so-called Hero From a rent tent wall, wine-rank, sword drawn Swearing he’ll kill them all, blaspheming both Greek and Trojan Gods. Terrifying because he is fearless Hearing the seeress speak…

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• Out of his prime

  Spared the ferule, what did it net them other than upset? A lord of misrule raising mayhem A sense of a world upended, among the waiting men some presentiment Of scenes from older time coming back around again; On the hearse-dark night of my birth, at the wharf Stars fled their fixed berths like fire-chased…

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• S q u i D

  Chained to salt-shocked rocks in a rocks off bikini, waiting for the kraken Back lined and scabbed from yesterday’s savage whip cracking Dragging a penitent boulder through a cold shoulder canyon I never asked myself could or can I, things just happen Living hand to mouth, mouth to hand, standing out in hand outs Breathing…

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• There’s life in the old dog yet, said the lifeless old dog to the vet.

  Once esteemed fighter fails to redeem in nailbiter His chin’s been seen to, leg isn’t great either But there’s grit and dog-genes, you can’t deny it Elbows creaking like ichor-leaking Talos As Jason sails away with intact stolen payload Tying to reach higher tiers, better seats Still seeking, still willing to bleed to trap the…

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• So taken aback was I by the vantage from the tower of my own land’s confines that I gripped hard the balustrade to stop my moorless soul from taking flight

  Trees either side of me Like I’m moving sweetly, fleetly, like a carried leaf Down the Anduin If you are born to be King then the lakelady will hand you it An anvil’s weight this unnamed crown leadlike with light-leaking jewels Fine rooms and suites, sweet things Lingering tastes, eyries; high peaks and tubular towers…

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