Patience of Penelope

For twenty years, Penelope
awaited lost Odysseus,

unweaving
what she wove before,

dismissing
suitors at her door.

Until her love returned, she'd be
fidelity's epitome.




Patience of Penelope © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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25 words (prompt limit).  Power of Patience brevity challenge prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2771946-25-words-or-less---patience---k.tolnoe-noguest

I invite readers to explore another poem I have written on this character from her perspective:

"Penelope Soliloquy"
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14482312-Penelope-Soliloquy-by-Robert-J.-Tiess
Submitted: February 10, 2021









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