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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Calypso, Formal poetry, Greek Mythology, Homer, Nymph, Odysseus, Ogygia, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet, The Odyssey
Calypso
Odysseus yearns for Penelope.
The Nymph Calypso, in her vaulted cave,
Says never will he cross the wine-dark sea,
For she must keep the hero as her slave –
Her slave to love – from cruel Poseidon save.
For should Odysseus from her isle sail,
The Earth-shaker will send him to his grave.
He’ll buffet him with waves, lightning and gale,
And shatter on high seas his raft so frail,
Thus on Odysseus take his revenge;
Or so he thinks – his efforts all will fail.
Odysseus will reach home and avenge
The honour of his wife – her suitors kill;
As fair Calypso bows to Zeus’ will.
dnobrienpoetry 
Wow! Greek mythology so marvelously pulled off.