Odysseus Poems - Poems about Odysseus

...Beneath the inscrutable sky, blinded by divided eternities, We are islands of yearning, adrift in fate, Each bearing a mysterious longing, a desert within the chest, And with every heartbeat, my s......Read the rest...

...Egos not armies destroy the Crown Arrogance reletting the blood The Emperor naked upon its back Odysseus in — from the wood (Dreamsleep: March, 2024) ......Read the rest...

...As we harness Fate’s wild winds to our lee While navigating Life’s troublesome sea, We become flanked by Scylla and Charybdis With only our life experience to guide us. Yet try we do, and we ......Read the rest...

...My unquenchable thirst for returning to my homeland Reuniting with the sacrosanct sole soul of my source The thought of the joy of being with the angelic band Sooth each nerve of my feet and reinf......Read the rest...

...it is was on my morning stroll i first noticed that common white house dress, pearl buttons busy in her garden sauntering on, a most common sight on subsequent passings my evaluations were sh......Read the rest...

...Morning Sun calls from behind the occasional cloud above seeking those willing to rise and face the drudgery of yet another day’s fruitless effort. Uninvited rays of warmth intrude upon my slothful d......Read the rest...

...Often times I wonder if I may have missed a greater calling or purpose in my life. As a young man I was frivolous and non-sensical when it came to asking the most important questions: “Why am I ......Read the rest...

...I stand at the window, waiting again to behold thee whose words I thought were loyal to me if hearts could be seen, mine would have been on display at the museum the shattered heart of a s......Read the rest...

...Inspired by The Sirens and Ulysses, oil painting by William Etty. The painting depicts a scene from Homer's epic "The Odyssey," where the hero Ulysses (aka Odysseus) orders his crew to tie him ......Read the rest...

..."A dozen or so times per night is fine, but too much of a good thing generally leaves one somewhat sore." -- a singular captain of seamen heroic * * * When from her bedroom isle......Read the rest...

...I've dreamed of something special for quite some time, a vacation I've envisioned that would be simply sublime. I'll be leaving from Miami on a round-the-world cruise and I reserved a balcony room......Read the rest...

...A bold warrior goddess Aided Odysseus As he murdered Trojans Adjusts Medusa to A scary Gorgon, FREEZE Aptly spins perfect web Arachne can’t surpass. 2.22.22 Used Poetry Soup Syllable Count......Read the rest...

...Sleep our glorious ancestors, sleep! Do not be disturbed. We, your descendants would never betray The blood you have shed to liberate Our land. The Land of: Homer and Hesiod Aeschylus and Eur......Read the rest...

...I burnt myself on a funeral pyre so often only to rise and melt my wings on ascent Then I tried Odysseus’ underworld instead but Ariadne’s thread did not glow in the dark When my Troj......Read the rest...

...Wandering lights preserve their ancient interpretation, driven by the realm of shapes in lawful sensation. Odysseus through exalted ways and by great example lead, earth given stars surpassing eve......Read the rest...