Mythology Poems

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Pheidippides
by Robert Browning

First I salute this soil of the blessed, river and rock!
Gods of my birthplace, dæmons and heroes, honour to all!
Then I name thee, claim thee for our patron, co-equal in praise
Ay, with Zeus the Defender, with Her of the ægis and spear!
Also, ye of the bow and the buskin, praised be your peer,
Now, henceforth, and forever,—O latest to whom I upraise
Hand and heart and voice! For Athens, leave pasture and flock!
Present to help, potent to save, Pan—patron I call!

Archons of Athens, topped by the tettix, see, I return!

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Hymn to Apollo
by Callimachus

What force, what sudden impulse thus can make
The laurel-branch, and all the temple shake!
Depart ye souls profane; hence, hence! O fly
Far from this holy place! Apollo's nigh;
He knocks with gentle foot; The Delian palm
Submissive bends, and breathes a sweeter balm:
Soft swans, high hov'ring catch the auspicious sign,
Wave their white wings, and pour their notes divine.
Ye bolts fly back; ye brazen doors expand,
Leap from your hinges, Phoebus is at hand.

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1 - daphne
by kat kat

left foot
right foot
daphne he called
another step, a sprint now
the stalks of grass waved to me from below
so small, but so free

i ran toward the forest for i too wanted to be free
but for as fast as i sprinted
i could always be surmounted

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by Tammy Darby

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Pure Myth: Wukong 古风·悟空(Ⅰ)
by Yayu Uppsurya

翻江倒海我为尊,金箍棒下镇妖氛。
腾云驾雾翻四海,火眼金睛辨假真。
取经九九多磨难,初心不缘天命魂。
笑看群魔无生路,斗战胜佛名永存!

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Pure Myth: Wukong 古风·悟空(Ⅰ)
by Yayu Uppsurya

翻江倒海我为尊,金箍棒下镇妖氛。
腾云驾雾翻四海,火眼金睛辨假真。
取经九九多磨难,初心不缘天命魂。
笑看群魔无生路,斗战胜佛名永存!

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sisyphus
by Sirena V

every day, i'm heading closer;
life forcing me to push my own heavy boulder.
stuck in an endless loop like sisyphus;
feeling tortured on this earthly abyss.

i did not expect for life to be like this.

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Daedalus
by Chris Wind

I thought you would’ve learned–
all of you at Los Alamos,
and the rest of you
all over the world.

why was my story saved?
why is it told and retold
if not for that?

do you see in it

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The Greats
by Tyler Morello

All artists strive to be like the Greats.
No shame in vying to be someone's Van Gogh,
Going, going, gone, Homer
with his Odysseys and Iliads
and to all, a million ears lent.
Just as Romans did to Antony in Caesar.
Shakespeare's sonnets sold out theatres,
but I grasp at the same words as he.
I pin them to the walls.
I paint them on the mirror.

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Metamodern Tantalus
by Tyler Morello

"It's alright to feel behind,"
What they told me when they learned
I had never slept with anyone.
"You're not missing out on anything, really.
Not the electric rush of skin on skin,
Not the satisfaction of man's most primal urge,
Certainly not the burning of carnal fuel
And the fumes that follow,
No, none of that is quite important.
You just keep doing you."

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Popular Famous Poets about Mythology
  •  Callimachus
    Callimachus (2 poems about Mythology)
    310/305 BC / Cyrene, Ancient Libya
  • Edward Robeson Taylor
    Edward Robeson Taylor (2 poems about Mythology)
    1838 - 1923 / Springfield, Illinois
  • Paul Fort
    Paul Fort (1 poems about Mythology)
    1872 - 1960 / Reims, Marne département, France
  • John Godfrey Saxe
    John Godfrey Saxe (1 poems about Mythology)
    1816-1887 / the United States
Popular Poets about Mythology From Members
  • kat kat
    kat kat (4 poems about Mythology)
  • Tyler Morello
    Tyler Morello (2 poems about Mythology)
    November 11, 1998 -- Richland, WA
  • Sameen Shakya
    Sameen Shakya (1 poems about Mythology)
    March 19th, 1996 - St Cloud
  • Pierpaolo Gobbi
    Pierpaolo Gobbi (1 poem about Mythology)
    August 14, 1996 - Macerata, Italy
  • Chris Wind
    Chris Wind (1 poems about Mythology)
  • Sirena V
    Sirena V (1 poems about Mythology)
  • Yayu Uppsurya
    Yayu Uppsurya (1 poems about Mythology)
    September 16,Mysterious Year - China