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"asclepius" poems

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The Homeric Hymns: 16- To AsclepiusXVI. TO ASCLEPIUS (5 lines) / (ll. 1-4) I begin to sing of Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer / of sicknesses. In the Dotian plain fair Coronis, daughter of

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Hemlock connoisseur.The dikasts had cast their votes, / and their votes had sealed my fate. / I serve as scapegoat for my city,

@john-f-mccullagh39

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Arausio*Morpheus, / Asclepius, / et Sulis Minerva

@anthony-mckee29

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Flamboyancy and *wit*Flamboyancy and *wit* / Such things are of attribute / But one can only imagine!

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curse of asclepiusadvice for future doctors: / 1. learn failure early. / you are not perfect,

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an open love-letter to romei. once upon a time, there were old gods and new gods. under crumbling archways the divine and the cursed share cigarettes, lighters cupped in their hands. rain pours relentlessly from the heavens, falling to the uneven cobblestone in a sheen of silver spears and smoke. this time, nothing but prayers are shed. / ii. this is their communion: an errant hand brushes against the marbled form of Hades, rowboats rock harmlessly to the temple of Asclepius, feet shuffle across the white line and into the holy land. it is in these moments that solitude begets peace. / iii. angels tuck in their tired wings, roosting on bridges and cathedrals and alleyway corners spun with ivy. amongst themselves they count the crowds that take shelter in their shadows. every day, the numbers swell until even the loneliest of the celestial feel a warmth in their gilded chests.

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Anthropic Pathologies from Olympus to the Acropolis (allegorically incorrect)Aristotle’s arrhythmic articulations / Appeared too apologetic for Aphrodite's amusements / Aroused by antisocial media’s alacritous abundance

@ganesha-michael-shapiro14

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golden age preludeWhat could come next on this life-or-death quest; / femmefatales around every corner & turn; / ‘Delicious,’ thinks Medea, staying below

@johnny-noiπ38

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Gaia, Kronos, Uranus; Asclepius, Orpheus, GordiasNo nettles within the gardens, / No ¹needles within the haystacks. / Who made for them new navels

@manx-kronos-pragna30

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