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Caro Henry's avatar

An homage to “The Odyssey”

Nobody’s eye turns

Blinded by deception, lies

A stake through the truth

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Honeygloom's avatar

Nice! Such an epic scene. Makes you want to shake your fist at Ulysses.

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Weary circle eye,

heavy with the weight of years -

forever alone.

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Honeygloom's avatar

I love this! A good mix of humor and pathos.

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B. F. Bodhisattva's avatar

An eye for an eye

He starts with disadvantage

Good luck taking his

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Honeygloom's avatar

Nice work! I love that your worked in the saying, very clever🖤

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Leela from "Futurama" and Polyphemus from "The Odyssey" are the cyclops I know of best- they are of very different temperaments.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Forgot about Leela. Should have put her picture up there.

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Iris Shaw's avatar

A single eye brings

Both light and darkness alike -

And at last, your end.

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Honeygloom's avatar

This sounds like it should be at the beginning of an epic sci-fi/fantasy story. So cool🖤

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Reginald Clay's avatar

These Haikus are my favorite lessons on ancient things. You pack so much detail in these posts.

I'm always Googling a bit more about the topic right away

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! I have fun researching. I’m kind of an obsessive learner😂

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Well, here's a last-minute entry.

Why did Cyclops go...

...to France? He wanted to see…

...the ‘Eyeful’ Tower.

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Honeygloom's avatar

😂😂❤️

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thanks!! I had a hard time deciding, honestly.

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