At the urging of the nuns,
I read of Homer's heroes,
Of the ravishing beauty of
Helen who toppled
The "topless towers of Ilium",
Words musical to a boy,
A stirring tale replete
With godlike warriors,
And too human goddesses,
So romantically inclined
And also loosely clad, bosomy
Female deities full of passion,
Seething human frailties and desires
How could I, imprssionable teen,
Fail to become entranced,
With the romance of poetry?
Donovan Baldwin
Art: Paris_Abducting_Helen_C1782-C1784_by_Gavin_Hamilton
