I wrote this poem thinking of the Aegean, the stories attached to it, from the Trojan war, to Odysseus’ crisscrossing the sea to return to Ithaca, to the sponge divers risking their lives to earn a living…
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This poem appeared in Poetry Monthly, issue 150, October 2008. (This was the last edition of the magazine; afterwards, it came back as the online journal Poetry Monthly International)
Song of the Aegean
Sea, azure, shoal, white sails,
Pines, sponges, diving tales
Winds, caique, bitter waves,
Oars, wreckage, soulful prayer
Odyssey, memory, dolphin leaps,
Marble, Kalymnos, Ariadne sings.
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lovely poem – thanks for sharing.
i’m hosting the Dec edition of Lang/Place and i hope you’ll send something again.
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Posted on November 27th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Thank you! And thanks for the reminder. I intend to submit… See you there.
Posted on November 30th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
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