Frodo And David Poem by Robert Charles Howard

Elijah went up to the mountain
disguised as feisty Frodo
and met young David there
newly sprung from his
marble prison by
Michelangelo's eloquent chisel
and itching for a fight.

Lit by a single thunder bolt,
David's sling uncoiled
and taught Goliath mortality
while Frodo pitched Gollum
(and his 'precious')
into Mordor's fiery lake.

Challenge my word if you must
but that's just the way it was;
looks do not deceive
(or so it's often written) .

So grant our youths
a brief respite, friends,
to reclaim their virtuous breath,
then follow their tracks
to the valleys and shires
where evil ones fear to tread.

The resemblance of the actor, Elijah Wood to Michelangelo's David is uncanny.

September, 2009