Wednesday, September 25, 2013

A poem for the historical lovers Abelard and Héloïse.  In the early 12th century, brilliant scholar Héloïse lived in the house of her uncle, Fulbert. When the famous philosopher and teacher, Abelard, convinced Fulbert to let him move in and become tutor to Héloïse, things got a little licentious...

He seduced her; she gave no resistance.
She fell pregnant, and through his insistence
Hél was shut up in cloisters.
Fulbert severed Ab's “oysters.”
And they loved – evermore – from a distance.

Based on the suggestion: “Héloïse and Abelard”

Bonus fun fact: Lest you think modern celebs invented the practice of giving their children bizarre names, Héloïse and Abelard named their son “Astrolabe,” after the scientific instrument.


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