Channel Button

There are 23 articles on this title. You are reading the article ranked and rated #20 by Helium's members.

Creative Writing   >

Poetry

Get a Widget for this title

Poetry: Harmony

'A Hymn to Selene'

the whole night
was worth it
it's nearly dawn
I've stood the whole night
long
the whole night
was worth it
now
to stand beneath the crescent moon
and the sharp blue sky

like shipwrecked Odysseus
on an LIRR platform
the murmurs of
fellow voyagers, other heroes
surround me
is this one
Aeneas?
or that one
Fingal's son?
oh! there stands Tristram
baseball cap pulled low
sharing coffee with Isolde

the whole night was worth it
and now I stand
beneath the dawn

Learn more about this author, Christopher Lapinel.
Contact this writer Click here to send this author comments or questions.


Below are the top articles rated and ranked by Helium members on:

Poetry: Harmony

  • 1 of 23

    by Ed Ostrom

    For my friend I now pray,
    Help him along Recovery's way,
    Help him more than survive,
    May he learn how to truly thrive,
    Recovery's

    read more

  • 2 of 23

    by Ekko Soriano

    Symphony Within

    Waiting to touch and be touched
    To fall and break the fall of the wounded
    To be brought back to life, and live

    read more

  • 3 of 23

    by Nathalie How Kit

    Rain of love,
    life in the circle of dreams.
    Peace in the soul that is never trouble,
    fight to everyday nightmare.
    Gloomy can

    read more

  • 4 of 23

    by Joan Ike

    Butterfinger yogurt.
    I was almost too afraid to try it.
    It's awful, like I knew it'd be.
    But I can't stop eating it.
    I'm going

    read more

  • 5 of 23

    by Sarah Torribio

    Heading

    Heading for the homestead
    Nothing much been said
    Radio's preaching 'bout
    Eating off God's bread

    But you ain't heard
    A word

    read more

View All Articles on:
Poetry: Harmony

Add your voice

Know something about Poetry: Harmony?
We want to hear your view. Write_penWrite now!

87008

Featured Partner

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has partnered with Helium, giving you the chance to write for a ca...more

What is Helium? | Buy Web Content | Contact Us | Privacy | User agreement | DMCA | User Tools | Help | Community | Helium’s Official Blog | Link to Helium

Helium, Inc.
200 Brickstone Square Andover, MA 01810 USA