David Beckham's Achilles immortalised by poet laureate
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:05 pm
ACHILLES BY CAROL ANN DUFFY
Myth's river - where his mother dipped him, fished him, a slippery golden boy flowed on, his name on its lips.
Without him, it was prophesied, they would not take Troy.
Women hid him, concealed him in girls' sarongs; days of sweetmeats, spices, silver songs...
But when Odysseus came, with an athlete's build, a sword and a shield, he followed him to the battlefield, the crowd's roar,
And it was sport, not war, his charmed foot on the ball...
But then his heel, his heel, his heel...
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If you want to hear her read it...... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 570282.stm
Myth's river - where his mother dipped him, fished him, a slippery golden boy flowed on, his name on its lips.
Without him, it was prophesied, they would not take Troy.
Women hid him, concealed him in girls' sarongs; days of sweetmeats, spices, silver songs...
But when Odysseus came, with an athlete's build, a sword and a shield, he followed him to the battlefield, the crowd's roar,
And it was sport, not war, his charmed foot on the ball...
But then his heel, his heel, his heel...
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If you want to hear her read it...... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 570282.stm