Thursday, June 03, 2010

Oicos: The Human Ecology

A handful of jihadis died trying to run an Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Dogs bark at the moon. Men recite poetry around the fire.

Shield against shield
keep the shield wall tight.
And the gift of death
they bring, let no man take.
In the hospitality of war
we left them their dead
as a gift for them to remember us by.


Archilochus. (C. 680 B.C. - C. 645 B.C.)

1 comment:

Dag said...

I checked in advance of posting this. It looks like I'm the only one here to post poetry by Archilochus. Phew.