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# The Heel
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-heel/
- Published: 2022-01-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: fearless Achilles, unbeaten in battle Trojans retreating, their heroes are rattled Patroclus' death fuels the demigod's rage it shan't be sated, we're told by the sage until good Hector does exit the stage
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

fearless Achilles, unbeaten in battle  
Trojans retreating, their heroes are rattled  
Patroclus' death fuels the demigod's rage  
it shan't be sated, we're told by the sage  
until good Hector does exit the stage

armor invincible, blood of the slain  
spilled by Achilles, the grass on the plain  
turns red from green as he cuts down the Trojans  
Gods of Olympus, so say theologians  
even those gods couldn't beat him that day  
demigod born but to kill and to slay

Paris shall kill him, of course, in the end  
ancient mythology does have this trend  
of killing heroes, regardless of skill  
even Achilles has weakness -- his heel  
so it's Odysseus that gets the credit  
for winning the war and for being good at it

And fearless Achilles? Proverbial tale  
even the best might be destined to fail

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**Author notes:** wc 137 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2796471-Heroic-Fantasy-218