Graveyard of the Gods
A Poetry Collection
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Graveyard of the Gods I
Tell me
How many young gods
Have you killed?
You never saw Ares
In bullets ejecting
From a smoking gun
While the echo of death
Clings to the air.
You never heard
Artemis’s sorrow
Has the wasted youth
Kill the stars and look
At glass screens over
Silver moons.
You never understood
Aphrodite’s lie
In too much red wine
And tear stained pillows.
You never looked for Hermes
In the hands on chain link fences
Overlooking overflowing streets
And the hustle of cities always awake;
With everyone constantly coming and going.
You never listened
To Athena’s wisdom
In the clenched fist
Nails digging in until
You bleed, but never
From your enemies.
So tell me
How many young gods
Have you killed?
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The gods
Have fallen.
There is no more
Intimacy,
Only internet
Personas
Created to hide
Who we really are.
There is no more
Thought and memory,
Only what we see
On yesterday’s Instagram photo.
“I read it from Google.”
Ian Skrivseth loves inspiring others to think more, feel more, love more, laugh more, and even to be angry or sad more if need be. In a debut collection of poems, Skrivseth explores what it means to be human while reminding us that no matter what our place in life, that we all have flaws and feel a variety of emotions like love, hate, and pain. While relying on myths like Orpheus, Hades, and Sisyphus for inspiration, Skrivseth reflects on a variety of themes and subjects such as heartache, passion, love, falling stars, sins, and the graveyard of the gods where there is no more intimacy, only internet personas. Graveyard of the Gods shares poetry that leads others on an introspective journey through one man’s heart as he interweaves inspiration from stories with real-life experiences.
About the Author
Ian Skrivseth has been writing stories for most of his life and poetry for the past two years. To date, he has penned over two hundred poems—the best of which are included in his debut collection, Graveyard of the Gods. Ian resides in Iowa City, Iowa.