Selected Poems of Hilda Doolittle by Hilda Doolittle

Author:Hilda Doolittle [Doolittle, Hilda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8112-2369-0
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2012-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

ODYSSEUS Ah, I see,

a narrow track concealed,

and not too carefully.

CALYPSO Isn’t he drowned yet?

ODYSSEUS

(peers down) There she is under the ground.

CALYPSO (in the cave) Now I am free;

no one can find,

no one can follow —

ODYSSEUS -but me.

CALYPSO Vision of obscene force

what brought you here?

away —

evil goddesses of the west,

I will counter-provoke the

elements —

will flood your shallow sands

with sea-water —

my father —

ODYSSEUS Your father?

CALYPSO A king, a god —

owner of ocean —

ODYSSEUS

(clasps her) All men are fathers,

kings and gods

CALYPSO Too soon—O hound —

beast of an insensitive pack —

you can not take me that way —

ODYSSEUS A nymph is a woman.

CALYPSO No human to weep

like your Greek —

ODYSSEUS Laugh then.

CALYPSO Not at the command of men.

ODYSSEUS You will do as I say —

why did you wear sandals like a

woman,

if you are not human?

CALYPSO I am half of the air —

the rocks hurt my feet —

ODYSSEUS (drops her) Beware you will moan soon that you are not all woman.

CALYPSO (her hair spread on his chest. He sleeps) What did he say?

O you gods—O you gods —

he shall never get away.

II

CALYPSO (on land) O you clouds,

here is my song;

man is clumsy and evil,

a devil.

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