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THE DEATH OF NESTOR war poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. The Genghis Lotus poems are hosted at two locations, genghislotus.com and zenvirus.com/genghis-lotus/. Webmaster for both sites is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.
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In Pylos, old man Nestor grins: too often. Nine battlefields creak in his kneecaps. The sea's gaunt tribulations Shake in his blood. Outside, the children sing and play. Their voices have no faces. Flames have no teeth, wine has no tongue. His hands are on backwards. His north is water. There are sheep within his head. The years are falling Discard by discard to the day. It is all Quite painless. One glint of blazing bronze, then dark. They lay him east of Pylos in a field Washed by the wind which sweeps and sweeps away. |
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