''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,
like gods that decreed from a scroll.
I sailed to Troy and far beyond,
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Categories:
odysseus, journey, love, love hurts,
Form: Lyric
Odysseus, Poseidon: the Final Confrontation Revised Twice
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
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Categories:
odysseus, adventure, courage, god, hero,
Form: Sonnet
Odysseus and the Siren
"Odysseus and The Siren"
There he is
like Odysseus
bound to the mast of his ship
cursive words dispatched
through aether to
the somnolent nodding
in their stock
he avoids full brace
the Siren’s enchantment
a song that sings
his internal compass
towards her
she commands and swiftly ignites
the St Elmo's Fire burning in his mind
she is a mused and
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Categories:
odysseus, for her, for him,
Form: Romanticism
The Odyssey: Homer,Odysseus
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
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Categories:
odysseus, allusion,
Form: Sonnet
Odysseus and Penelope
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
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Categories:
odysseus, feelings, love, missing,
Form: Prose Poetry
Odysseus' Horse
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
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Categories:
odysseus, men, military, war,
Form: Epic
Troy, the Defeat, Odysseus Punishment
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
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Categories:
odysseus, betrayal, conflict, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Ulysses Or Odysseus
(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
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Categories:
odysseus, hero,
Form: Acrostic
Odysseus How?
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
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Categories:
odysseus, adventure, mystery, sea, timehome,
Form: I do not know?
Odyssey of Odysseus
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
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Categories:
odysseus, nostalgia, parody, people, wedding,
Form: Free verse