Gods And Mortals Poem by Poseidon Andronikos Menegakis

I am not a man who is easily triggered by the others' comments, fear not Daniel. I would never post here if I was not willing to share and exchange opinions. Never have I denied Homer’s wisdom, nor shall I ever do. For many truths were shown to the world through his two works of absolute art, while many are yet to be revealed; even 3000 years after his time. The closing scene may be interpreted as a message of peace by some; compassion by others. I see it as the scene where the greatest of all warriors of Hellas and the strongest of all kings mourn together, for they know they are nothing but pawns in the game of the Gods. Iliad was the chronicle of an apocalyptic conflict between gods and mortals, showing that even the mightiest of heroes end up pawns in a chess game played by the immortals. And this, is what inspired me. Mortals must remember that even eons after the myth, nothing has changed. It was bronze age when Troy’s shores were seeded by the mortal blood because “too much is the weight of Men upon this Earth”. Yet that cause never changed, even 3000 years later. And that, was what I thought when I started writing the book. I simply chose fantasy as a way of expressing it. The poetic version of it came soon after.

Not everyone can see through fantasy, mostly because some clearly do not have imagination and thus need special explanations to even understand what they are reading. And no, the fact that war-violence is not liked by you does not mean it cannot inspire people… You may be inspired by birds, tomatoes or opposite gender as easy as you may be inspired by the dark parts of life, such as war or violence… If you do not accept the specific sector, while you accept kitchen and “love poems” just cause, then you are all but the proper man to judge a piece of work, anywhere close to poetry... And it is once again dreadful to see that you claim to know about poetry, when you also believe violence cannot be part of a poem… such as a spear piercing eyes so to speak, or elbows breaking and all those nice things that a pathetic man who knows nothing about poetry and cannot be considered a serious poet may have written…. Something like Homer and the Achievements of Achilles, or Patroclus’s Death in Iliad so to speak…. I am certain you great master of poetry would never consider such gruesome depictions a work of art… Yet still, seems funny to me that you bring one point after the other, all summoned out of the Void, while the actual thing you do not “like” in general is the topic and the writing form. Which bring up the question… Why would someone keep making random, totally pointless remarks, instead of just not reading something he doesn’t like? Although the answer would be simple, judging by the fact that you did the very same thing in my other “plain text” … until you lost your points and thus came over to this one for a fresh new start. Very funny, and expected behavior. For a teenage child who tries to attract attention.

As a matter of fact, it would be too much to ask... In any case, the fact that I use words like the 3 above-mentioned means that I am not just using a range of words from “vegetables” to “love forever” just because “shroud” happened to be used twice in movies and other poems... And clearly, someone who claims copyright (in a weird way that none has ever seen before) not because of verses, or of way of writing or something, but because of random words of classic English that are being used in the poem... –sorry, ‘plain text’ according to you- is an opinion that cannot be taken seriously. Which, after being followed by such a request, it is more than a statement that the one addressing it, is not familiar with poetry, or any form of art relevant to the sector... And no, there would not be much of point in me explaining the scenario, because it is called fantasy. Fictional setup. It will be up to the reader to make the image out of it.