Thoughts On The Roman Palatine Poem by Rob Dyer

Thoughts On The Roman Palatine

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In Apollo’s portico among the empty shelves,
Where nor gods nor poets spoke what emperors demand –
Virgil’s vast shrine to loved Gallus dead,
Ovid’s allegories of empire’s rape –

I sit and watch Cybele’s hippodrome,
Hear the squeal of chariots, the sweating horses,
And cheer them home, the red and white,
A single voice among the roaring past.

Rob Dyer
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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