Hercules and his Twelve Labors

By johnbwes

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Hercules must perform twelve labors to appease the Greek gods. Written in a fun sing songy style this poem te... More

The Child of Zeus
The Judgement Of Zeus Part I
The Judgement of Zeus Part II
The Naming of Heracles Part I
The Naming of Heracles Part II
The Creation of the Milky Way
The Centaur Chiron
The Gift of Satyr Pan
The World of Man
The Crime of Heracles
The Trial on Mount Olympus
The King of Tyrne
The First Labor: The Nemean Lion Part I
The First Labor: The Nemean Lion Part II
The Gate of Tyrne
The Second Labor: The Lernean Hydra Part I
The Second Labor: The Lernean Hydra Part II
The Second Labor: The Lernean Hydra Part III
Presenting the Heads.
Fighting Sleep Part I
Fighting Sleep Part II
The Third Labor: The Hind of Ceryneia
The Riddle of Selene
The Council of Zeno
The Answer of Heracles
Presenting the Hind
The Death of Chiron
The Scheme of Aphrodite
The Fourth Labor: The Woeing of Omphale Part I
The Fourth Labor: The Woeing of Omphale Part II
The Fourth Labor: The Woeing of Omphale Part III
The Honeymoon of Heracles and The Slaying of Nessus
Back to Tyrne
The Fifth Labor: The Augean Stables Part I
The Fifth Labor: The Augean Stables Part II
A Return to Form
The Sixth Labor: The Stymphalian Birds Part I
The Sixth Labor: The Stymphalian Birds Part II
The Sixth Labor: The Stymphalian Birds Part III
Pesenting the Fowl
The Seventh Labor: The Cretan Bull
Presenting the Bull
The Eighth Labor: The Mares of Diomedes
Presenting the Mares
The Ninth Labor: The Girdle of Hyppolytta Part I
The Ninth Labor:The Girdle of Hippolytta Part II
The Ninth Labor: The Girdle of Hyppolytta Part III
Presenting the Girdle.
The Tenth Labor: The Cattle of Geryon Part I
The Tenth Labor: The Cattle Of Geryon Part II
The Tenth Labor: The Cattle of Geryon Part III
Presenting the Cattle
The Eleventh Labor: The Apples of the Hesperides Part I
The Eleventh Labor: The Apples of the Hesperides Part II
The Eleventh Labor: The Apples of the Hesperides Part III
Presenting the Golden Apples
A Journey to the Underworld
Charon the Ferry Man
The Gates of Hell
Heracles is Caught
The War in Hell
Heracles Sees his Family Again
The Court of Hades and Persephone
The Final Labor: The Capturing of Cerberus
Presenting Cerberus
Heracles Returns to Omphale
The Other Acts and Deeds of Heracles
The Revenge of Chaos
The Jealousy of Omphale
The Undoing of Heracles
The Court of Hera
The Death of a Man

The Eleventh Labor: The Apples of the Hesperides Part IV

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By johnbwes

The sky does fall with crushing weight
To bear it high the heroes fate.
Till Atlas god of stars returns
At least if vows the god's not spurn.

But load does crush his very soul
And demi-god regrets his role.
To bear the sky to pay for boon
Is price to high and awful doom.

So day and night does come and go
And hero starts to sink in woe.
He's sure that Atlas fled his chore
For crushing weights what Titan bore.

The hours stretch like thousand years
And fill the demi-god with fear
At role he took without a thought
For everlasting gloom he's bought.

For price of apples golden gleam
The godling sold his soul in scheme.
To buy the shinning fruit from hand
With labor heroes foolish plan.

Then after woe had sunk in deep
The god returns to mountain keep.
"These golden apples Titan brought
From hidden garden hero sought."

My daughters guard the golden trees
For crimes they pay the gods this fee."
And Titan saw despaimg look
That hero thought himself forsook.

With pitying face he takes the sky
And lifts the frame on up and high.

So hero's stunned at mercy shown.
For Titan Atlas free to roam

The world so wide had chosen fate
By shortest time he'd learn to hate.
"You've taken sky from godlings back
Though weight does hurt and body wrack.

To spare this godling fate so cruel
And proven well your justly rule.
I swear on Styx the ancient creek
That world I'll scour and havoc wreak.

To free the god of stars from chore
Of weight that single man has bore.
For epochs longs both day and night
For some unknowing ancient slight.

When all my chores I finished fast
And've seen my wife again at last.
I'll come and find a way to free
The Titan god from horrid fee."

The Titan speaks in thund'rous boom
To tell the godling brothers doom.
"My brother Prometheus lays in pain
In hottest sun and coldest rain.

To mountain side the Titans chained
A horrid fate my brothers gained.
An eagle comes and liver eats
This cruelest act a daily feat.

Then deep in night his liver grows
So Titan faces endless woe.
This trial was brought for helping man
To give them fire Titans plan.

That men could make and build at night
And live without the darkness fright.
So Titan stole the flames from sun
To man he brought them, fate was spun.

Then gods when hearing deed he wrought
To punish Titan quickly sought.
So go to mount and break his chains
And Titan ally godling gains.

He'll build a pillar great and strong
That'll hold the sky for ever long.
And free this god from dreaded fate
To hold the sky I've learn to hate.

So sparing man from deadly fall
Thus forcing all to Hades call."
The hero nods to show he heard
And ever onward godlings spurred.

To finish fast his last of task
And quickly end his twelve of acts.

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