Best Odysseus Poems
Does true love is worth waiting for?
Where are you my Odysseus?
For love and eternity I will be yours,
I will love thee for my whole life
Will see no one but you as my true love…
My heart will wait for you to come
Even 20 years may past, I will never run
For your love I will never seize from waiting
Even it will take long for my longings…
I know our love is for eternity
You and I are meant to be
For an everlasting love is our destiny
I will be yours and you will be mine eternally…
Come to me soon and let’s be free
I will love you wholeheartedly
For I your Penelope
Will wait for you devotedly…
Categories:
odysseus, feelings, love, missing,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Troy, The Defeat, Odysseus Punishment
Apollo, the archer-god, was quite unfair
Slew Eurytus for a vain archery boast
Mortal lives he had so very little care
Sending Greek ships sailing to the coast
Helen of Sparta, beauty beyond compare
face that launched a thousand ships
She of perfect face , body and hair
Paris stole this prize on his epic trip
Mighty hosts of epic fame and renown
sailed away to retrieve this treasure
Oaths given to hunt Troy's Paris down
Sacking the great city for good measure
Tens years of battles history so records
Heroes of brave deeds, tales now told
Great warriors , sworn to mighty Lords
Fought in the style of the swords of old
War was long and death was so redundant
Odysseus, devised a very cunning deceit
Pray upon Troy's hopes so very abundant
Victory, the sailing away of Greek fleet
A gift of a horse statue left on shore
Warriors hidden within its outer shell
Planned surprise attack just once more
Sack Troy sending its warriors to hell
Such a success was this devious plan
Troy fell to its most relentless foes
Death harvested wrath upon every man
Brought Odysseus trials the story goes
Odysseus warrior of Troy's epic defeat
Master of the great bow of Eurytus fame
Destroyer of Troy by such cunning deceit
Slayer sailed away, Troy in all in flame
Robert J. Lindley , 08-31-2014
note: Eurytus' grandfather was Apollo, the archer-god,
and was also a famed archer. Eurytus has been noted by
some as the one who taught Heracles the art of archery.
According to Homer, Eurytus became so proud of his
archery skills that he challenged Apollo. The god
killed Eurytus for his presumption, and Eurytus' bow
was passed to Iphitus, who later gave the bow to his
friend Odysseus. It was this bow that Odysseus used to
kill the suitors who had wanted to take his wife,
Penelope.
Categories:
odysseus, betrayal, conflict, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
My friends all dead, Poseidon's gaze falls last
Upon me, broken, clinging to a raft,
He low’rs his fist, and shatters present, past
And future… now a yards-long broken shaft
Is all I have to save me from the sea,
I choke and spit, and swim for shore -- ‘tis near --
Then find the Cyclops swimming after me…
Though blind, he had pursued me; rage and fear
Had made him stupid, and the splintered beam
I grip, I thrust into his open maw
“Poseidon! Next, he dies, or you redeem
Me from the sea, and from dark Hades’ craw!*”
Then falls a sudden calm… Cyclops is gone
I swim to shore – ‘tis Ithaka, at dawn!
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*In the Greek legend, Polyphemus, the Cyclops, was said to be the Son of Poseidon
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2/12/2019
Submitted for: Movie Magic Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden
Movie: 'The Odyssey', Character: Odysseus
Categories:
odysseus, adventure, courage, god, hero,
Form:
Sonnet
The night is dark, and in here it is darker still
I try to sleep, but in vain, for my heart beats so fast
Some can rest, and others are standing guard
Ready for the battle, ready for the light of day.
A man that I barely know; is sharpening his sword so slow
I hear and feel the slide of the stone, and I know that he knows that it is sharp
But he sharpened still, perhaps to hide his fear
Or perhaps to remind himself of his courage in battles past, and to come.
The wood at my back is warm and comforting
Pure and real, something to touch, and to bring luck.
I can even see the grain of the wood in my mind, the tree
That once stood tall, and sheltered, and warmed.
We have used deceit, we have given; to harm
Our enemies are pleased with this gift from the gods
This gift that stands wonderfully tall inside their gates.
So big, a giant, a sightless horse, a steed.
…Later, we feel the wood grow warmer,
As the light of day slides through the gaps in the side;
Saddling with the task of bluntening our swords
On our Trojan foe outside; as we mean to,
As we thirty follow Odysseus, to victory.
Categories:
odysseus, men, military, war,
Form:
Epic
Over three thousand-five hundred years ago
There was a story that was always told
How a man fought wars and defeated foes
And traveled for twenty years. How strong, how bold?
Many miles that hero went
Going to Troy and the Aegean Sea
Sleeping in hulls of ships and war tents
Fighting by Achilles. How scared were thee?
He tested the gods like Apollo and Poseidon
He only wanted a voyage home again
But the sun-god’s heat, the sea-god’s triton
Made it hard for him. How to win?
He built a mighty Trojan Horse
And put thick wax on his ears
The journey was long and coarse
It cost many friends. How many tears?
He returned home with happiness hidden
Only recognized by man’s best friend
And his wife blocked suitors and had them forbidden
He returned to his wife. How did it end?
Categories:
odysseus, adventure, mystery, sea, timehome,
Form:
(Dedication: For Demetrios Trifiatis)
Troy and sure war, Trojans and Greeks;
Report mad flaws -- rouse warriors' peak;
On for ten years, on both sides dwell;
Yes tear for tear, yes death did well!
Urge firms glory, urge frames action;
Love of country, love of duty;
Yield to vain sire, yield to grand thought;
See siege and fire, see plan and plot;
Sense raging seas, sense warring ways;
Etch destiny, etch faraway;
Sacred code free, sacred code slay!
One decade's scheme, one decade's stray;
Reach for war themes, reach for home sway.
One brave man knows; one brave heart grows;
Dare siege bold war, dare wood horse show;
Yes far from kin, yes far from home;
Struggles seek win, struggles find roam;
Seek warrior's end, seek journey's rest;
Endless this blend, endless this quest;
Unleash wise sense, unleash clear scan;
Succeed suspense, succeed ascend.
Ithaca prompts, Ithaca sighs;
Trust warring romps, trust homeward cry;
Heed the musings, heed the warnings;
Apt questioning, apt answering;
Choice brought your here, choice takes you there;
Apply good cheer, apply heart's care!
Calm and stern poise, calm and brave flight;
Apply sure voice, apply fond sight;
Love takes you where? Love brought you here?
Live your harsh fare, live your prized spheres;
Survive trials' glare, survive life's tears.
Yes shrewd and brave, yes calm and clear;
Opt tact that saves, opt plan that steers;
Use fool and knave, use con and cheer!
Home floods your heart, home calls your face;
Offer pure art, offer sure trace;
Mind what you find, mind what you meet;
Effort you bind, effort you greet.
Hero of fate, hero of old;
Echoes unbraid, echoes unfold;
Realms of Greek yore, realms of Homer;
Old tales before, old times yonder.
Leon Enriquez
13 Mar 2014
Singapore
Categories:
odysseus, hero,
Form:
Acrostic
THE ODYSSEY; HOMER
Perhaps,He'd been dead,caught at the claws of the sea:
The Akhaians had loan him to the whales,a meal.
The battle of troy weighed,threw him out of balance,
Cowardly rugged he'd given in,no longer stance.
Perhaps he'd journey along the route of Pylos,
Or zeus(father of all gods and men),had bethroted him to the Harlot.
Suitors bewitched by penelope's beauty,
drenched in waeve-trick,swimming in folly.
Telemakhos, astound at the ageless effort,
Perhaps his father's return is the dying carrot.
But woah!,Athena(the grey-eyed goddess),had had her way,
Oh see! Odyssey,the forgotten,to Ithaka,made his way!
18:02:23:13:40
Categories:
odysseus, allusion,
Form:
Sonnet
Far from this antique bay and moor,
your plaintive voice sung for my soul,
and lifted me to Ithaca's shore.
Can longing's echoes loudly toll,
and invite me to your front door,
like gods that decreed from a scroll.
I sailed to Troy and far beyond,
to go and fight an epic war.
Men joined, forming paired, loving bonds
to be their bright and glowing North Star.
I took a boy, a vibrant blonde,
with whom I shared many battle scars.
With Poseidon, the fates between,
the sea opposed us. But I loved
the youth, Penelope my Queen.
Please forgive us, my loyal dove,
and spare us from your jealous spleen,
so Zeus sends no bolts from above.
I loved you, but desire's arrow,
against my willpower pierced my heart!
Compelled by Cupid's dart and bow,
we made love. To honor royal art,
I cede my throne: — but you can't know,
loving you both tears me apart.
Without you, I was forced to grow?
Categories:
odysseus, journey, love, love hurts,
Form:
Lyric
Odyssey of Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses
The man was angry at the kick he felt it in his heart they had moved the beggar
rude away from fire. He lay his cloak aside and astonished the nearest suitor
with his young appearance the muscles rippled on his chest as he picked up his
bow the bow of Ulysses.
The axes laid on end to end had numbered twelve he fired the arrow into the
target at the end they all had holes in every axe head not a miss among the axes.
The neck of one turned red Antinous was dead. One after another the suitors
crawled in their skin unable to flee the house was a trap they could not escape
from the man so intent on revenge he was stout and the spears fell aside as they
sought for his heart he was hit several times on his arms. Retaining some
semblance of fading humanity he spared only two of the lesser servants who
had not willingly participated in all that occurred to make a man murder to end
his captivity and anger. The minstrel Phemius and the herald Medon they were
spared grief Ulysses even killed the priest and at the end of the battle poor
Melanthius was tortured there not the fitting end to a noble cause that some
imagine this was.
A noble man and an action resolved to become the husband of his woman.
Odyssey of Odysseus
Categories:
odysseus, nostalgia, parody, people, wedding,
Form:
Free verse