Aurora Actuality
“We can confirm almost nothing about Homer and Hesiod,
yet we have no problem, even when we should, believing
in them.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 22
Who doubts that Homer, Hesiod, the old
And oldest poets ever lived? Why should
We? Poets huge as these still live and hold
Our ancient histories. Greatness has withstood
The depredations of millennia.
Fires, wars, and sinking ships
Left lines. As old as white Parthenia
Herself, almost, the poets’ speaking lips
Are far more real and full of life than men
And women in their millions who have gone
Without a trace. Before the inked quill pen
These poets brushed deep strokes, a lasting dawn.
..These poets are more real than muscle with
….Blood. They are much more real to us than myth.