The Death Of Paris Poem by Barry Middleton
The Death Of Paris
Because he coveted beauty
above wisdom or power,
death would be his destiny.
Wisdom may have saved him.
Yet he deceived himself
to believe a mortal man,
could possess such loveliness,
even though he was a prince.
The fairest maiden of all,
the daughter of the Swan,
was wed to a Greek King,
but she did not love him.
Still in alliances of death,
armies swore protection
of their honored Queen,
and the honor of the King.
Yet goddesses conspired,
and Eros fired love's arrow
ensuring Helen's passion.
Thus the Prince was doomed.
Paris would die for love,
for abduction of the Queen
brought war and retribution,
and Troy was razed to dust.
A great story told with beautiful imaginary as reading along, it unfolds with every word one as important as the other, nicely penned.
to believe a mortal man, could possess such loveliness, even though he was a prince//=to believe [that] a [mere, common]mortal man /could possess such loveliness, / ignoring that princes are mortals too. {! }
You moved through my fields once again as few could manage it,dear Barry.The hybris of the mortal to attempt what should not was painted marvellously.
The story of Paris and Helen is one of the greatest plot lines of all time in my opinion. Here it is greatly condensed.
I chose silliness over all three. : -) An apt telling of the tale, Barry. A 10
I gave up the other three but I am still working on stillness as a fourth alternative but some days I do favor silliness. Thanks for the read, the comment, and the rating.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/4/2024 5:54:25 AM # 1.0.0.1119
An epic retold in a very short, condensed way. This is quite a feat. Congrats.10
Thanks Nosheen. I did leave out a lot of detail.