The Odyssey: Book Nine

My name is Odysseus, my story I will tell.
First stop, killed some Kikonians and stormed their citadel.
Eventually got chased away by a superior force
Then got caught in a mighty storm that blew us far off course
Met people who eat lotus, they just sit around all day
When two of my men tried some they had to be dragged away!
Next, came to the island where the Cyclopes reside
Took twelve of my sailors to a cave and went inside
Mighty Cyclops came back, blocked the exit with a stone
He started eating up my men – the flesh, the skin and bone!
Persuaded him to eat me last, by giving him some wine
And when he asked me “What’s your name” said “Nobody is mine”
Later, stabbed him in the eye when he was fast asleep
The other giants heard him roar and asked “is that your sheep?”
To his friends Cyclops exclaimed “Nobody’s killing me!”
“You don’t need us then” they replied and so they left him be
We hid ourselves beneath his sheep, so when he let them out
We could escape, but once back on my ship I turned to shout
Cyclops hurled a rock at me, it almost sank the ship
But still I was so angry I continued to let rip
“When somebody asks you ‘who did this to your eye?’
Tell them ‘twas Odysseus”. He cursed me in reply:
“My father is Poseidon, he’ll ensure you don’t get home
Or, at least, for many years at sea you’ll have to roam!”