Mythology Poems
#mythology
Mythology poems are about folklore and myths. A myth is a story that has significance to a particular culture, often trying to address fundamental and difficult life questions. Here you'll find poems about myths belonging to range of religious and cultural traditions.
Cassandra & Ajax
I came to Athena for aegis 'gainst my fate
but the fall of Troy showed me that was forlorn,
indeed I was ripped from her arms, maid for mate
as he rudely used me with artless male scorn...
Such a curse, Apollo, visited on me,
then blast it with bolts of raw untrust, for all,
I knew my coming fate from my own prophecy
but my feet, still, dragged me to my sordid fall.
Ajax the Lesser? Ah! A gross misnomer
I thought Priapus come as the earth began to quake
as he, again, sheathed his weapon, this farmer
sowed his...
but the fall of Troy showed me that was forlorn,
indeed I was ripped from her arms, maid for mate
as he rudely used me with artless male scorn...
Such a curse, Apollo, visited on me,
then blast it with bolts of raw untrust, for all,
I knew my coming fate from my own prophecy
but my feet, still, dragged me to my sordid fall.
Ajax the Lesser? Ah! A gross misnomer
I thought Priapus come as the earth began to quake
as he, again, sheathed his weapon, this farmer
sowed his...
#sonnet
#mythology
#historical
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dreamer
he had always found present days travails insignificant, tucked away in the darkest corner of the pub, he studied
books on british mythology, albion, arthur, the white dragon versus the red, before staggering home to his bed ..
books on british mythology, albion, arthur, the white dragon versus the red, before staggering home to his bed ..
#mythology
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Across the Hilltops Danced
The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.” - Emerson
What fairy feet across the hilltop danced
before the Christ and first Mohammedans arrived
to render all these stones a blasted heresy?
We lean our picnic on the moss and eat
our sandwiches, removed from fear of blasphemy
to talk and think on Mother Nature’s gifts, the seat
of what may once have been a grand temple.
The children run towards the ancient lake
on which a royal barge may have lilted,
the raiments gilded by a cyclop’s eye
that...
What fairy feet across the hilltop danced
before the Christ and first Mohammedans arrived
to render all these stones a blasted heresy?
We lean our picnic on the moss and eat
our sandwiches, removed from fear of blasphemy
to talk and think on Mother Nature’s gifts, the seat
of what may once have been a grand temple.
The children run towards the ancient lake
on which a royal barge may have lilted,
the raiments gilded by a cyclop’s eye
that...
#spiritual
#mythology
#pagan #magic
#pagan #magic
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Metamorph
Everything must change
Throughout this existence and into the next
The conquest of time awaits
For those who seek will find the birth of eternity
Life is a transformation
The gods insist we participate
Mind and body give way to immortal spirit
Triumphant of the lifespan on earth
Across the river we will go
Converting recollections of the past into songs
With a winged victory we will traverse
The universe
And into the arms of forever
The sorrows of yesterday ...
Throughout this existence and into the next
The conquest of time awaits
For those who seek will find the birth of eternity
Life is a transformation
The gods insist we participate
Mind and body give way to immortal spirit
Triumphant of the lifespan on earth
Across the river we will go
Converting recollections of the past into songs
With a winged victory we will traverse
The universe
And into the arms of forever
The sorrows of yesterday ...
#death
#rebirth
#spiritual #mythology
#spiritual #mythology
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The Road to Hel
I stand before the road to Hel
where Wotan sits on his high throne.
He stares at me with a piercing eye
and weighs my deeds and all my lies.
Knows my heart and all my thoughts,
sees my flaws and all my faults.
He judges me with stern decree
and tells me what my fate will be...
He says I have not lived with honor,
I have not served the gods with valor,
I have not kept my oaths and vows,
I have not earned his grace or brows.
He says I must enter the road to Hel
and suffer out there the worst of hells.
He says I...
where Wotan sits on his high throne.
He stares at me with a piercing eye
and weighs my deeds and all my lies.
Knows my heart and all my thoughts,
sees my flaws and all my faults.
He judges me with stern decree
and tells me what my fate will be...
He says I have not lived with honor,
I have not served the gods with valor,
I have not kept my oaths and vows,
I have not earned his grace or brows.
He says I must enter the road to Hel
and suffer out there the worst of hells.
He says I...
#religion
#hell
#mythology #tradition
#mythology #tradition
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The Last Christmas
Don't cry little one and open your presents this christmas year,
I know you want to wait for daddy, you know I do too
-He won't be coming home for christmas, they took him away
No honey your dad is not a bad man, he did what he thought was right
but they had surveillance footage and said he needed indoctrination
- Please darling open your presents and let me see your smiling face,
let me burn this image in my mind so a can never forget this day,
they'll be coming soon to take me away and give you a new home
- Let me kiss your tears away, I will always...
I know you want to wait for daddy, you know I do too
-He won't be coming home for christmas, they took him away
No honey your dad is not a bad man, he did what he thought was right
but they had surveillance footage and said he needed indoctrination
- Please darling open your presents and let me see your smiling face,
let me burn this image in my mind so a can never forget this day,
they'll be coming soon to take me away and give you a new home
- Let me kiss your tears away, I will always...
#spiritual
#mythology
#morality #tradition
#morality #tradition
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Psyche and Eros
radical
intentionally transgressive
sexuality
connected to deep
sometimes ominous
psychic archetypes
interrelated
activities
and relationships
combining
eroticism sexual expression and
structured authority imbalances
Psyche
(fearing Eros may be a monster)
enters darkened bedchamber
cautiously hovering
over her lover
with a lamp and a knife
classic tale of desire
longing secrecy mystery
domination submission
degradation suffering
mortal peril ...
intentionally transgressive
sexuality
connected to deep
sometimes ominous
psychic archetypes
interrelated
activities
and relationships
combining
eroticism sexual expression and
structured authority imbalances
Psyche
(fearing Eros may be a monster)
enters darkened bedchamber
cautiously hovering
over her lover
with a lamp and a knife
classic tale of desire
longing secrecy mystery
domination submission
degradation suffering
mortal peril ...
#BDSM
#spiritual
#MentalHealth
#mythology
#philosophical
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Tears in Valhalla
In Valhalla, where warriors rest
waiting for divine command
stand again to fight in Ragnarok
in the battle of the twilight of the gods
there a warrior weeps bitterly
for in death he sees the face
of a lost love in ethereal grace
a maiden of his village pure
In Asgard's realm unearthly beauty reigns
where walls of gold adorn the walls
and dreams like gossamer threads
reaches into the soul and sings
of love lost and forgotten treasures
within the core of a mortal coil
he fought with valour boldly in...
waiting for divine command
stand again to fight in Ragnarok
in the battle of the twilight of the gods
there a warrior weeps bitterly
for in death he sees the face
of a lost love in ethereal grace
a maiden of his village pure
In Asgard's realm unearthly beauty reigns
where walls of gold adorn the walls
and dreams like gossamer threads
reaches into the soul and sings
of love lost and forgotten treasures
within the core of a mortal coil
he fought with valour boldly in...
#mythology
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The Space Beyond The Clouds
The Space Between The Words
Those blue spires within blue clouds
where winged angels roam the heavens
and between the gaping void of the cliffs
the winds blow an eolian anthem
and the cosmic eternal whole lays his hand.
the rocky tips challenging the deep firmament
sending their muted calls to space, beyond..
and down on earth, wanders a sylvan spirit
between the aging trees, a murmur is heard
the forest whispers a spotless, timeless tune
of ghouls and of the past lore of the true world
a cavern...
Those blue spires within blue clouds
where winged angels roam the heavens
and between the gaping void of the cliffs
the winds blow an eolian anthem
and the cosmic eternal whole lays his hand.
the rocky tips challenging the deep firmament
sending their muted calls to space, beyond..
and down on earth, wanders a sylvan spirit
between the aging trees, a murmur is heard
the forest whispers a spotless, timeless tune
of ghouls and of the past lore of the true world
a cavern...
#fate
#apocalypse
#mythology #luck
#mythology #luck
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The Lethe River
After the first time we made love, the professor said,
“In mythology, the Lethe River runs through the
center of Hell and makes men forget their previous lives.
I’m going to call you Lethina.”
“In mythology, the Lethe River runs through the
center of Hell and makes men forget their previous lives.
I’m going to call you Lethina.”
#sex
#memories
#mythology
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Berkana
Soon
The moon slept
Joined by
The Runic Berkana
Whilst the silhouette
Of a Birch tree
Stood alone
Sweeping the midnight sky
With a gentle flourishing
Brush of her emerald leaved branches
So Mother Earth
Could moon gaze
Upon the Luna beauty
Seemingly suspended
In dark space
A lone owl
Stood perched
Upon the birch
Eyes blinking
The vibrant moon
Reflected within her eyes
Yet she remained silent
And unmoving
The beautiful Berkana
Ennammoured of the Runic Moon
And her...
The moon slept
Joined by
The Runic Berkana
Whilst the silhouette
Of a Birch tree
Stood alone
Sweeping the midnight sky
With a gentle flourishing
Brush of her emerald leaved branches
So Mother Earth
Could moon gaze
Upon the Luna beauty
Seemingly suspended
In dark space
A lone owl
Stood perched
Upon the birch
Eyes blinking
The vibrant moon
Reflected within her eyes
Yet she remained silent
And unmoving
The beautiful Berkana
Ennammoured of the Runic Moon
And her...
#earth
#trees
#moon #mythology
#moon #mythology
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Merrow
The ocean
Is my mattress
And the softly cresting waves
Are my pillows
The blue sky above
Is my ceiling
And the growing moon
Is my bedside light
There i float
Drifting on the soft currents
Of my mind
As waves of thought
Ebb, and flo
Seeing of the day
In wonder of the morrow
The sky darkens
As the sea
Black as oil
Other than a streak of moonlight
Flows like crushed velvet
Soft sensual ripples
Enticing
I'm lured into it's mysterious...
Is my mattress
And the softly cresting waves
Are my pillows
The blue sky above
Is my ceiling
And the growing moon
Is my bedside light
There i float
Drifting on the soft currents
Of my mind
As waves of thought
Ebb, and flo
Seeing of the day
In wonder of the morrow
The sky darkens
As the sea
Black as oil
Other than a streak of moonlight
Flows like crushed velvet
Soft sensual ripples
Enticing
I'm lured into it's mysterious...
#beauty
#nature
#mythology #mermaids
#mythology #mermaids
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DU Poetry : Mythology Poems