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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Stesichorus sang
that the Helen that went to Troy
wasn't real, was a wraith,
was a phantasma.

For a spectre!
poor all the sufferers,
especially bloody Hector.

Douglas Scotney

Friday, May 1, 2020

Topic(s) of this poem: classic,ghost,lie,suffering

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(630-555 BC)

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Keith Brown 01 May 2020

Real? Ghost within ghost for a poet reality maybe his Achilles heel, an enigmatic poem short but well written

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Kim Barney 01 May 2020

How many of our other legends are just that, legends, and not real people?

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