The Nereides will need more than mettle*
should approaching ship prove ill-intentioned.
Praise the Goddess they are in fine fettle*,
for rending ship insists no abstention.
Brutally eager and approaching fast,
the ship resembles a malicious shark
the girls are sobered though somewhat aghast,
so cruelly leer eyes* on zeroing bark.
Penelope's grim grey eyes hold counsel,
weighing the peril, assessing choices,
she coolly arrives at shrewd espousal*
issues commands in calmest of voices.
Though untried in battle, Penelope
is inspired by divine epiphany.
*courage + pun ;)
*fettle = form, health
*Ancient Greek ships had eyes painted on the prow + pun ;)
*espousal = adoption of an idea
*epiphany = a sudden intuitive inspiration
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Dragonish
PuisiPART 1: Seven poems that explore love. The sated wind doodles mischievously no longer the ravening raptor loosed that scratched sharp claws to my unfettered glee. Now are you temperate, husky, obtuse. PART 2: Follows the tale of a persecuted dragon...
