Orpheus Sings

By antipodeanwriter.wordpress.com

This is an original collection of short stories and poetry by antipodeanwriter.wordpress.com... more

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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.

Orpheus Sings episodes:

May 10, 2011 11 - Poem - Merlin's Stand
Stanza 1:
In the age before King Arthur and before the Table Round -
When Druid power still was strong
Their sway unchallenged, right or wrong -
Blood sacrifices spilt their entrails on the stony ground.
But Merlin rose to fight their power
In myrtle grove and oaken bower
And there amidst the standing stones, Merlin his battle found.
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5min
May 09, 2011 10 - Poem - Falling to Pieces
Stanza 1:
On the day I fell to pieces, tidal waves had swamped my mind
Tsunamis of charged emotion – fueled by betraying mankind:
Yea - by all my kith and kindred, by the friends I once held dear,
And by those who had professed deep love: the closest, and most near.
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5min
May 08, 2011 09 - Poem - Call to Arms
Stanza 1:
Grasp the sword and kick the steed
Ride! Ride on! Away – make speed!
The traitors come to take the land
We are betrayed! We make our stand.
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4min
May 07, 2011 08 - Poem - Once A King
Stanza 1:
Why lay aside the circling gold that once as king I wore?
I wore it proudly once when I rode down to battle's shore.
My men and I would kill the Sea-Wolves come across the sea
For we would fight or we would die. And none of us would flee.
So armed we: fought for kith and home. My warriors and me.
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7min
May 06, 2011 07 - Poem - The Ruins
Introduction:
I lie here midst these ruined walls
Which moulder silently me round about.
The mosses cling. Small plants from nooks peep out
To spring up skywards, sending down their roots
To claw and crack away the facing stones.
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4min
May 05, 2011 06 - Poem - The Quest for the Holy Grail
Canto 1 (Introduction):
As the winters come at the end of the year
And when spring arrives to bring all good cheer
There is plowing, and sowing. When summer's sun
Bestows warmth and heat upon everyone
On the sweaty peons at work in the field.
Until autumn seres, and the crops may yield
Golden husks of corn. Fruits and heads of kine.
Kegs are filled with ale. Broached the cask of wine.
As the winter comes, and the cycle ends.
But in Camelot – where does all this tend?
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13min
May 04, 2011 05 - Poem - The Singer
Stanza 1:
I woke and I sat 'pon the whitened sands
Near the azure seas of immortal lands
And I rose and turned round to gaze at the sky
While I laughed and ran and I wondered why
I had come to this place where there was no death
To still my breath.
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4min
May 03, 2011 04 - Poem - Ropes of Sand
Stanza 1:
I saw. And in my vision walked upon a land all desolate
As though the angry powers had condemned all breathing life to die.
Except – I heard, I thought, the sound of living men ahead of me
And hurried on. To come upon a beach beside a dismal sea.
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6min
May 02, 2011 03 - Poem - Star Dreams
Tonight I came upon a star.
It fell down from the Milky Way.
It landed here across my path.
But how it came - I cannot say.
It was a gift from Heaven's hand.
He gave the star into my care.
To grow it into mighty dreams.
And make it fruitful year by year.
For men are stars who – bound to earth
Must keep earth's boundaries a time.
But after this, in bodies new
We men will walk star-paths sublime.
I kept my star. Care for it well.
To make it bloom and fruit each year.
And hoping in immortal lands
Eternal harvest reap I there.
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3min
May 01, 2011 02 - Poem - Dice of the Gods
Stanza 1:
Roll the dice! The gods display
Their rule of earth, of stones and clay,
Of air and water, fires that flame,
Aethers which solidness disdain.
The spheres rolling to heaven's gate
To eternal themes: of love and fate.
Come – roll the dice! The gods display
Their baleful powers here today.
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6min

FAQs about Orpheus Sings:

How many episodes does Orpheus Sings have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.