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Just Another Tale
| Open Poetry #45 |
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Just Another Tale |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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Do ye ken the tales o’ Asgard? Or, Gotterdammerung? The role call in Valhalla- Where the warrior’s odes are sung? Or the tales in stifling barracks- The night afore the fray? Where weary veterans frighten lads Wi’ tales o’ bygone days. Aye! Tales o’ Roman legionaires… Their eagle standards bright, The reputation wha’ they owned- Fer knowin’ ‘ow to fight. The Turks, the Persians, Mongol hordes The Moors, all fightin’ men- Who crossed their blades wi’ merry smiles- I love their tales to spin. An’, aye, I nigh fergit m’sel’ The Foreign Legion, too! The bloody fray at Camerone! The brawl at Dien Bien Phu! I’d lift me glass to fightin’ men- I’ll even buy the ale… Yol bolsun! May there be a road! So goes the Traveler’s Tale. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
You're on a roll, John. Keep writing and I'll keep reading. Ida |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
John, You weave good stories - thank you for sharing and showing the depth of your creativity. Alison |
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