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| Image from Acropolis Restoration Service |
The stones
of the Acropolis
Are mighty stones,
Weighty stones
Some cracked,
Others stained
Stones of time, tribute
Majesty and merit
of the Acropolis
Are mighty stones,
Weighty stones
Some cracked,
Others stained
Stones of time, tribute
Majesty and merit
Set upon higher ground.
Blue-gray stones set
Above the sea,
Above the hill
And then the world
They are like
what we imagine
Democracy might be
Blue-gray stones set
Above the sea,
Above the hill
And then the world
They are like
what we imagine
Democracy might be
Majority rule,
Minority rights
Free, fair elections
Cooperation,
Compromise.
Blue-gray stones
set above the world
to remind us
That democracies
set above the world
to remind us
That democracies
have flown,
are fleeting.
The stones
of the Acropolis
Are mighty stones,
Weighty stones
of the Acropolis
Are mighty stones,
Weighty stones
Set upon higher ground.
Gil Hoy is a Boston poet and trial lawyer who studied poetry at Boston University through its Evergreen program. Hoy received a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for four terms. Hoy’s poetry has appeared (or will be appearing) most recently in Chiron Review, Ariel Chart, Social Justice Poetry, Poetry24, Right Hand Pointing/One Sentence Poems, The Penmen Review, I am not a silent poet, Clark Street Review and TheNewVerse.News.