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WALKING HELEN
In slumber soul wanders
the entire life of culture
chases Helen drawn out
like a Trojan to Troy or ships
launched.
In slumber through layers
of interior's meaning, a thought
largely mysterious, wanders
in thread oddly Homeric or stories
overlooked.
#ohj, wander, Trojan
©2014 Walking Helen, stephanie pope mythopoetry.com
notes
A micropoem version of this poem:
In slumber soul wanders
chases Helen
like a Trojan to Troy.
©2014 Walking Helen, stephanie pope mythopoetry.com
published on twitter under the hashtag mythopoetics (#mythopoetics) on July 5, 2014