On Tuesday, I happened to look at the University of Toronto's Representative Poetry Online (RPO) site. I did not find what I was looking for (something short and pithy for ESL students to recite). I did see, though, that the Random Poem of the Day was "Hereux qui, comme Ulysse" by Joachim Du Bellay, Given that the new movie The Odyssey is just out, this struck me as a curious coincidence. A niece suggested that it might not be coincidental, though I find it hard to see how the selection could profit RPO. Searches for "Ulysses" give much more space to Joyce than to Homer, let alone Du Bellay.
"Hereux" qui remains the Random Poem of the Day. Perhaps it is really the Random Poem of the Week, since RPO gives births and deaths for "On this Day: July 17".
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