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POETRY
New poems this year are inspired by various aspects of the journey of Ulysses (Odysseus) as described in "The Odyssey." Click any of the names below to reach a particular poem. The first four are new, and the final poem, Pelopponesus, is from the Journeys, Destinations, Routes book. Pictures which accompany the first four poems are of statues of allegorical and mythological subjects found at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino. Some of the statues are 17th Century figures which were formerly located in the garden of a villa near Padua; others date to about the 1750s and were originally located at the Imperial Palace in Vienna. Stories relating to the figures in the pictures and the encounters of Ulysses are adapted from both the text of "The Odyssey" and Bulfinch's Mythology. The quote which appeared on the previous page was taken from a Vintage Classics translation of "The Odyssey" by Robert Fitzgerald. PLEASE NOTE: FOR THE EXAMPLE PAGES FOR THIS YEAR'S POETRY SECTION, ALL PAGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING WITH THE STORIES/PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH APPEARED IN 2009; HOWEVER, THE ONE POEM WHICH IS AVAILABLE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS YEAR'S POETRY IS MORTAL/IMMORTAL.
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omer's epic poem of "The Odyssey" recounts the tale of Ulysses (Odysseus in Greek)
and his journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. His travels were both aided and impeded by the gods in various ways. Upon reaching Ithaca he presents himself disguised as a beggar and finds his palace overrun by unruly noblemen
seeking to marry his wife.
