Calypso

inspired by the Goddess Calypso too i just love the name, word.. Calypso nice on the tongue

The seductress Calypso
Siren of the sea
fell in love with a mortal
captive she held he

Odysseus loved her
for a time so it seemed
when he wanted to sail home
she would not him set free

On the Isle of Aeaea
 she vexed  and hexed
used her feminine wiles
magical potions charms
to hold onto to he

She could give him immortality
which also meant death
for the two you see
entwined they be

Trapped on the Isle between
Heaven and The Styx
with the siren Calypso
Odysseus sat longing to be free

In her bed of pleasure
in Heaven was he
tho the Heaven turned to Hell
with morning's first light

As luck would have it Odysseus
was freed
Calypso was lost
like a ship at sea

Tears fell from her eyes
turning the Heavens black
Odysseus was lost
his ship set a-toss

He survived though his ship it
did not
floated ashore with morn's first light

Into Calypso's arms once more he was held
he closed his eyes as she kissed him and said,
" Though I love thee Calypso
hate you I do too seems fate had it's own
plan for me and for thee"

Years past Calypso not aged
Odysseus face changed
just a once non wise sage was he
for he fell for her charms
thinking it would do no harm

Though Odysseus had beat the
Trojans with his wiles he could
not free himself of this sea-witch
Calypso

Seeing him age as she did not
tugged  like a net at her watery heart
for she heard his cries in the night
for his Penelope he did yearn

She lead Odysseus to the pines
said , "you are free"
'what sort of trick do you play upon me"?
said he

"No trick my love you may leave these shores
build a raft go to your Penelope for it is she you adore "
he looked into the pools of her sapphire blue eyes
pulled her to him and kissed her goodbye

Calypso she howled
and blew like a wind
tears fell as rain into the Sea
breathing raggedly she made the winds scream
waves foam
 
Ships tossed and turned
for weeks in the sea as the Ocean swirled
she moaned till long last her tears did cease

Years upon years she sets
on the shores of Aeaea wailing like a Banshee
into the wind for sweet Odysseus

She will see him in the Netherworld one day
though she was the one to capture -
he won in the end
for her heart of shells she has lost
as she sings her sad
Siren's song

Author's Note

just a bit about Calypso and Odyssues
not been writing of late hope someone might like it a bit tho it is choppy and out of tune maybe just bit you can hear Calypso sing her tune

Reviews

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

The theme you have chosen is very complex..it is often difficult for me to write on characters..mythical specially...you executed it very well..
there is some grammar which is a bit jarring though..fell in love with a mortal
captive she held he..but perhaps it is a pattern of writing i am not aware of..
I do not blame calypso..a woman passionately love always yearns to hold on to her lover completely but it is towards the end that she truly signifies what love is all about..it is to let your lover be free to chose...for choice is the most beautiful tool..that mankind has been gifted.

[Christopher G. Starling]

i love this epic and i love stories and poems that use it's story or characters.
i especially liked reading this, more from Calypso's view, her feelings. reading the Odyssey, i always thought she was self-concerned and inconsiderate. but now i think i'm going to have a new outlook on her. thanks for that.

[Edward Carr]

I enjoyed it. I love mythology. Many greats allude to it in their poetry and I need to learn more about it. Most contemporary poets dont rhyme however except in a few cases and sometimes the rhyme scheme is internal. I do not know if all of your poetry rhymes, I have not read it enough, but you might want to write poetry that does not rhyme. Rhythm is important and your poem did seem to have that. But I agree, Calypso, just fun to say :)

[Fabian G. Franklin]

None of this is fact, in fact, lol...its Homer! This was fun Chloe, I love the story and wrote a piece called, The Moon on Calypso, a long time ago about much the same thing...its a great story. I read both the Odyssey and The Iliad when I was a kid. Homer was a master. But its all Greek to me. lol Great job here dear.

[Blackbirdsong]

I really like the story you tell with this poem and it made me remember this story and all that happened. My own problem with it is the use of the rhymes at the end of each stanza. I think the poem would probably work great without any of those poems at all. It's really good. Just rework those last lines and it will be great. :)