"marduk" poems
The Serpent squeezes the mundane egg, for a moment in time,
…to begin the ages, turn the wheel, and so begin the rhyme,
The circus has commenced, a dancing, swirling motion,
…a pit of ghastly horrors, seen as a vast deep ocean,
…or celestial or cosmic, as some would have the notion.
Some of them were large, although some were also small,
…and grotesquely figured or disfigured, a scary monster’s ball,
…and trudging, stampeding, stomping or slithering down the hall.
There they danced, sang or prattled, where giants fought and where they battled, …thunder unto heroes rattled, with awful screams so frightening, and terrifying lightning!
Scaly, hairy or feathered, wet and fiery or weathered,
…conjoined, twisted or tethered, slithery writhing together,
Kingu and his wife, some say it was t’was his mother,
…his plan was war and strife, pitting brother against brother,
A ******* existence and so morally depraved,
…a state of sickly persistence, they found themselves enslaved.
Then abounding voice of heaven, that divided night by day,
…brought forth a princely king of Luke; the warrior Marduk.
Fourteen engaged in combat, the one against thirteen,
…and thus aligned with the ecliptic, at night they can be seen,
Sloshing in the Apsu, beaten with the club,
…slain and torn to pieces, cutting channels of their blood,
A north wind sent them to their places, fixed on Tiamat’s wheel,
…and the starry constellations, did Marduk bring to heel.
Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016 at 5:47 PM UTC
Marduk
came down to Hammurabi
and provided the
laws
of the kingdom
in hopes that
the strong
might not oppress
the weak
and it all disappeared
under the ceaseless
sands of existence
and doubt.
Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017 at 1:17 PM UTC
Gods of Babylon
whilst Anu and Marduk smile from above
I pray Nabu lend me his skillful hand
Ea give me direction of the mind in love
Shamash bring to me the heart to understand
though I am a mere mortal with many faults
weaknesses of soul, mind and heart
please I beg open your heavenly vaults
and guide me on my journey's start
for I am in search of the divine truth
I seek your wisdom on bended knee
you are the gods of everything forsooth
give your approval and trust in me
Gomer LePoet....
May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 at 10:46 PM UTC
Peter Marduk: Baffled as he got faded into the Forest addled. Walks, his feet shredded by thorns ripped. Runs, his head full of scars left by cruel branches, he is hurt but sprints yet - dwindles in a ditch, beguiled into a murderous pit."
Jan 5, 2019
Jan 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM UTC