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Ithaca Poems - Poems about Ithaca

Telemachus
...Telemachus Ask Telemachus! Penelope is aware of your grief and glow, Go on, don't feel low You are her beach Fly high and across every breach. Ask him: She lived with you in Ithaca ......

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Categories: ithaca, dedication, imagination, light, literature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rod Serling
...Rodman Edward Serling at Ithaca College tried out for curling he found he couldn’t sweep for the stone and decided to write the Twilight Zone ......

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Categories: ithaca, humorous,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member Boxes of Memories
...It's hard to believe it has been nine years since my brother delivered each box. They all seemed to hold a special key, mysteries and memories to unlock.   My Dad had lived a mostly happy life, ......

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Categories: ithaca, dad, grandfather, grandmother, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Kneading Autumn's Yearning
...[An Autumn kitchen a crucible of y e a s t and y e a r n i n g] Samantha kneads dough with determined hands, she hears Hank's cry—"Vi vi an"—a phantom yeast in the air Her wor......

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Categories: ithaca, adventure, autumn, desire, emotions,
Form: Narrative
The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray
...The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray Apalachee High School, located in Winder, Georgia witnessed an active shooter, whereby the alleged lone gunman (actually just a t......

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Categories: ithaca, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ill Fated Address
...AN ILL-FATED ADDRESS Being on holiday in Athens was truly the best 21st present my parents could have given me, stayed with my granddad, felt great, I traveled on my own, no more an adolescent.......

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Categories: ithaca, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Ithaca
...As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that ......

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Categories: ithaca, adventure, age, beauty, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Reserata Carcerem Xlviii
...*Reserata Carcerem XLVIII* Sate jolting jungle 'n enclosed pen; nosy nature's yawn gulped 'n' reeled rents, bruised business time leases sucked spells - apt alakazam writ ñ lone's breast. Yo......

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Categories: ithaca, anger,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member ''Odysseus in Contemplation of His Homecoming to Ithaca and Reunion with Queen Penelope'' Reprised
... 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, ......

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Categories: ithaca, journey, love, love hurts,
Form: Lyric
Requiem For a Nightmare
...Imagine Earth itself to be just another Troy, from which, after having raged In countless battles from Tyre to Megiddo has not been conquered, only aged And now, having defeated the Spartan race, d......

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Categories: ithaca, 11th grade, adventure, anniversary,
Form: Acrostic
Last Days of Ithaca
...Dis feeling Such a rustic smell! Nostalgia fills the belly. Authority sapped; energy reborn. Familiar faces gone! Crashes cum clashes not found! Excesses can't be curbed For in this me......

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Categories: ithaca, feelings, i love you,
Form: Lyric
Nocturnal Fascination
...For ages, probably for prolonged ages They have been waiting for the ecstatic pearl Collages of pomegranates in bends and edges Are on the toes to get into the whirl For ages and ages ......

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Categories: ithaca, art, beauty, image, night,
Form: Rhyme
Letter To Arwen - Ii
...The silver lining has taken its root off the shores, Ithaca, known for its valour, Its existence, a mirage to many Swords and sitars are bravehearts' game Whose side shall your armour fall fo......

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Categories: ithaca, africa, age, depression, emotions,
Form: Classicism
The Odyssey Redux - Part Iv - Helios To Ithaca
...So once again, with grim countenance, the ship sailed on with all bemoaning their woes Till calm seas prevailed, with balmy sun, sweet zephyr song, they came to Helios' shores. Helios, calm god of ......

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Categories: ithaca,
Form: Epic
The Odyssey Redux Part I - From Trozan Shores To Aeolian Isle
...Now gather around, ye lusty lads, a tale I'll tell to thee Of jealous Gods, monsters and ill-fated men who sailed the sea. My tale is set in hoary times when fickle fate was by divine decree. Then......

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Categories: ithaca, adventure, fantasy, myth, mythology,
Form: Epic

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