Comes in waves?
More like chariots.
Burning wall
perpendicular
to the arrow,
Achilles in the sand.
Dry dunes laughing,
waving sea oats like cowbells
amused by dragging.
Odysseus and Penelope another decade apart.
Poseidon takes the blame.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction might have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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This was actually one of the books I had to read for school that took my interest. Great poem to compliment the climax of Olyssey, book of Homer. They have a film out this year, I might go see this epic movie, I hope director Christopher Nolan do a great job. Matt Damon play, Odysseus. Great cast, come out in July
Mmm the personification of the dry dunes really sings here. I love mythology and really enjoyed this!
Waving sea oats like cowbells would work in the line that doesn’t fit challenge. Great read.