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"tiber" poems

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Waters of RebirthVenezia, its musical key of brick and shade / And the canals in rejoining polyphony / Sweeten the dour Church-ear.

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Rome UnvisitedI. / The corn has turned from grey to red, / Since first my spirit wandered forth

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Nights of GethsemaneIf the Tiber floods and the Nile fails to / If the overflowing mouth of Tamesis runs dry / If the weeping willow withers as the blackthorn breaks

@scardecourcier16

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The Great Potato WarI can recall a simpler time / when just spelling was the problem. / But now D.C. has doubled down

@john-f-mccullagh20

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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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Lines that **** the Bitch’s ***O vicious household gods of Rome / you Manes, Lares, Muses, Fates / who justified patrician homes,

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An Address to the Several Caesars and Their GeneralsLawrence Hall / [email protected] / https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

@lawrence-hall23

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On the Assassination of Emperor ElagabalusCrumbling stone towers / And withering flowers / Stormy skies

@Ancient-Greeklet25

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Gaius CassiusHow thin must Cassius be / For Caesar to not trust? / He had good reason not to for

@EvilShredder21

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The LetheGone asleep has this house, / Blown down by the wind’s desire. / Only shook by God,

@the-old-river16

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The Gracchi are DeadThe bottle is soft / To touch / Caressing my sorrow

@dakotajdawson24

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MicroscopicI used to scratch my arms so much / that I would bleed, / Incidentally, when I'm feeling small

@Nicolette-Avery66

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At All CostI gave her / latitude, / took the higher

@thomas-w-case17

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Reinstated And LivingAshes fly like lonely artist within, like the fly breaking the wires Reelin' free air / Sleeping right, instead, I'm dreaming of luck on the streets / Steal your right, instead of fighting the urge to be frantic

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