British poet laureate's poem for Beckham
(Agencies)
2010-03-18 09:10
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LONDON – "Achilles," by Carol Ann Duffy, inspired by David Beckham's Achilles' tendon injury:
"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..."