In the story of Patroclus
no one survives, not even Achilles
who was nearly a god.
Patroclus resembled him; they wore
the same armor.
Always in these friendships
one serves the other, one is less than the other:
the hierarchy
is always apparant, though the legends
cannot be trusted–
their source is the survivor,
the one who has been abandoned.
What were the Greek ships on fire
compared to this loss?
In his tent, Achilles
grieved with his whole being
and the gods saw
he was a man already dead, a victim
of the part that loved,
the part that was mortal.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- His Mistress to Him at his Farewell by Robert Herrick
- A HYMN TO THE GRACES by Robert Herrick
- At The Wedding March poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- UNEVEN PATH by Satish Verma
- The Silver Moon by Sappho
- Алексей Толстой – Рука Алкида тяжела
- REVOLT OF A SUTRA by Satish Verma
- The Story of Uriah by Rudyard Kipling
- Анатолий Жигулин – Мне помнится рудник Бутугычаг
- Christmas Star by Walter William Safar
- The Encounter poem – Ezra Pound poems
- A Blockhead poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- At the Zoo poem – A. A. Milne poem
- From Another Sky by Pierre Reverdy
- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 by William Wordsworth
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
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