Authentic Moments
Calypso’s Longing is a lyrical reimagining of the Odyssey’s forgotten goddess, a tale of love, loss, and defiance told in intimate, poetic prose as she reclaims her story from the gods who silenced her.
The diary-style narration is intimate. Was that always the plan, or did the structure evolve as you wrote?
Yes, was always a diary.
Your writing blends mythology with contemporary emotions so seamlessly. How do you balance the timeless and the modern?
My and my friends’ experiences as well as songs and movies for the modern, along with the perceived emotions of the goddesses in ancient mythology.
The sensuality in the book is bold and unapologetic. Was it challenging to write those moments with such raw honesty?
Most poems were written separately and highlighted the situation at that point, which allowed those moments to be described authentically.
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Goddess Calypso is hailed as “the Concealer”, the lustrous temptress goddess who holds the great Greek Warrior hero Odysseus captive on her island, Ogygia in Homer’s The Odyssey.
In this riveting collection of poetry, woven as a novella, we finally hear Calypso’s side of the story. We sense the depth of emotions of both Odysseus and Calypso while indulging in the scenery and the atmosphere of this romantic retelling from the vast chronicles of Greek Mythology.
In this fiction fantasy of over one hundred original poems, we experienced the five cycles of love – anticipated, activated, annihilated, adjudicated and authenticated. This reimagining finally frees Calypso from merely being a byline in Homer’s version of history and Odysseus’ story.
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