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I think it is safe to say that many people are very upset that David Beckham was seriously injured in gameplay last weekend, resulting in his inability to play in the World Cup soccer tournament later on this year (the last of his career). I would’ve guessed that Beckham himself is the most upset person of all … but I’ve since come to believe that UK poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy may be even more upset at his injury than even Becks is. Duffy was so affected by Beckham‘s injury that she wrote a little poem about it … like to hear it? Here it go:

David Beckham has become an unlikely muse to Britain’s poet laureate, who has written a verse about the soccer star’s career-threatening injury. The former England captain tore his Achilles’ tendon in a game on Sunday and will miss the World Cup in June as he recovers from surgery. Carol Ann Duffy’s poem imagines Beckham as the ancient Greek hero Achilles, who according to myth was dipped as a baby in the River Styx, making him invulnerable – except for his exposed heel, the origin of the modern terms Achilles’ tendon, and Achilles’ heel. The poem weaves the mythical story together with references to Beckham’s life, including his marriage to former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and his experimental fashion sense. It speaks of the hero concealed “in girls’ sarongs; days of sweetmeats, spices, silver songs.” It describes him on the field, “his charmed foot on the ball.”

“But then his heel, his heel, his heel…”

Duffy told the BBC Tuesday she was inspired because Beckham “is almost a mythical figure himself, in popular culture.” Beckham’s injury shattered his hopes of becoming the first English player to appear in four World Cups and put the 34-year-old player’s future on the national team in doubt. Duffy, a soccer fan, said she had been moved by the image of Beckham in tears at the side of the pitch after his injury. “You just thought how all the money in the world and private planes can’t sort this. It was a very moving moment.” But she said she doubted she would be hearing from Beckham. “I’m a lot more likely to watch football than he is to read poetry,” Duffy said.

Er … it was very nice of Duffy to pen this poesie about Becks but did she just make a dig about him not reading poetry? LOL!! Still … the poem is interesting, to say the least. After the jump, read Achilles (for David Beckham) by Carol Ann Duffy in full …

Achilles (for David Beckham)

Myth’s river- where his mother dipped him, fished him, a slippery golden boyflowed on, his name on its lips. Without him, it was prophesised,
they would not take Troy.

Women hid him, concealed him in girls’ sarongs; days of sweetmeats, spices, silver songs…
but when Odysseus came,

with an athlete’s build, a sword and a shield, he followed him to the battlefield, the crowd’s roar,
and it was sport, not war,
his charmed foot on the ball…

but then his heel, his heel, his heel…

OMG … I love this!! Ms. Duffy was asked what exactly inspired her to put pen to paper in tribute to David Beckham and here is how she responded:

“The public aspect of some lives provides a narrative, a story, for the rest of us to follow. We speak of ‘living the dream’, a ‘fairytale existence’ of ‘legends’ and of ‘heroes’. Like Greek Myths, such public lives can contain triumph and tragedy and in a way we all learn from them, as we do from Ovid, or the Brothers Grimm, or Shakespeare. The narrative of David Beckham’s public life is, I’m sure, far from over… but this poem is written in sympathy for this part of his story and to draw a parallel with Achilles, who gave his name to Beckham’s injury.”

I’m sorry … I love me some Becks, like for serious, but did this lady just use the hallowed names of Ovid and Shakespeare in relation to Beckham? Hahahahaha … ok, lady … settle down a smidge. But, I do love the poem … it’s a nice tribute to a fallen hero, don’t you think? What are YOUR thoughts on this lovely little poem?

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