Persepolis

A found poem, cut from the pages of a National Geographic.

the Achae-

            menids                         made works

            of             beauty.

 

                                                            spread

                                    empire.                        conquered

   

                                                                                    realms

stretching             far and wide    Even then,                                    Persians looked to the

distant past for            metaphor

 

A griffin and a winged

goddess, representing    

                        aspiration.

 

But

                                    By the time

                                                Persepoli

                                                                        s’

            influence

 

                                                arrived

At a high point                                     the ravages of centuries

 

had been   running quietly in the background

 

                                                for more than a millennium.

 

 

 

 

                        Darius

                                    came                                     of                                    age

                                                                                    in ruins

 

                                                                                    and

 

                                                now                        ancient                        door

 

                                                                        ways are            all that remain

Reviews

This reminds me of how I wrote a poem once by just circling random words that popped out at me in the pages of a journal I used to keep. and it turned out to be one of the best things I've ever written.

Very creative, and it still tells a story.

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Yeh i agree, This is amazing
I wish i could write like this

[River Wilson]

and i wonder why my peoms look like they were writen by 5 year olds.
This is awesome!