Treachery and disaster
A warning unheeded
“Trust not the Horse”
“Beware the Greeks bearing gifts”
A hurled spear
Sways no opinions
Only angers the petty gods
Athena rages from on high
Shaking the very pillars of the Earth
Steals Laocoon’s vision
Yes, it’s desperate measures
“Burn the horse, burn the horse
And you will see what I cannot”
But the Goddess was with the Greeks that day
“Feel my wrath and pay with your life,
And the lives of your sons”
Stinging venom, teeth like knives
The serpents rose from the sea
Agony and suffering, muscles straining
Contorted in pain, Laocoon has no redeemer
Header Image: Detail from The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy by Domenico Tiepolo (1773), inspired by Virgil’s Aeneid
The trojan war is one of my favorite things to read about! Love it Meg. 😉 ❤
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Thank you, Eric! Hey, how are you all managing with the flooding? 😦 Hope you all are high and dry. xo
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Doing well, Meg! New Orleans is dry for the moment. Thank you!!
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Glad to hear it! 🙂
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Virgil my my you are dipping your toes in the wild Pagan sea
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Virgil’s is one of several versions of Laocoon’s story, the most well known, I think. And a long time ago, in a faraway land, a girl dreamt of gods and monsters and all things fantastical. The girl grew up and forgot them. But only for a while.
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I am glad it was only for a while, the verities of childhood are worth more than the bitter cynicism of experience
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I knew you would agree. Do you like the poem? I don’t think I do as well with these unstructured things…
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Yes I do like it very much, the imagery is powerful
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Thank you, that pleases me.
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An epic. Love the story of the Torjan War.
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I do, too! Thanks, Drew!
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Brilliant write.
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Thanks so much, Tosha!
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You’re welcome xx
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Fantastic! I’ve always loved that pesky Trojan horse story and I adore what you’ve done with it 🙂
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Thank you so much, Nathalie! I was always intrigued by it, myself.
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I love how you tell stories. Also… I think you did a great job with the unstructured poem. Not that I’m an authority on poetry. But I like it. 🙂
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I need to get over the whole rhyming everything all the time!
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You and me both!
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Haha!
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Damn you’re good.
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Well thank you so much! Are you feeling ok?
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