ODYSSEUS ON DELOS short poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. Webmaster for this site is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.

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ODYSSEUS ON DELOS

The quick flames eat.
The white ash feathers to the sky.
The light pours down, as light
On Ida and on Samothrace descended,
Lucidities of light to make more pitiless
All deeds of daylight.

Copyright © 2003 Hugh Cook
May be photocopied for classroom use

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