It’s On Tonight

Posted on January 31, 2011 | 25 Comments

Word whispered out, “It’s on tonight.”

Warriors rounded into one

Lightest armor and weapons chose

Into evening we would run

King and men flanked ridges around

Insuring foe’s defeat

Queen and court made ready for fight

Stockpiling bastions for retreat

Advancing slow on sleeping foes

Ice water soon to break

Projectiles at the ready

Balloons will abruptly awake

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25 responses to “It’s On Tonight”

Jerry | January 31, 2011 at 5:20 AM | Reply

Bring it on. Let’s go. Good story lines.

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 5:22 AM | Reply
  
  Liking the ballad format. It’s fun.
  
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Raven | January 31, 2011 at 8:06 AM | Reply

Loved the story

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RepressedSoul | January 31, 2011 at 8:34 AM | Reply

Love how were all learning with this Monday feature! Loved your call to arms Michael! Hell ya!

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 9:49 AM | Reply
  
  Thought I’d keep it in the ballad tradition to start with at least.. ..smiles..
  
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Mama Zen | January 31, 2011 at 9:32 AM | Reply

Very cool!

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 9:48 AM | Reply
  
  Glad you enjoyed it.
  
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Old Ollie | January 31, 2011 at 9:37 AM | Reply

Good one – excellent twist ending.

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 9:48 AM | Reply
  
  Thanks!
  
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Natasha Head | January 31, 2011 at 12:05 PM | Reply

Well done with the ballad form! All hail booguloo 🙂 Enjoyed it much…one of my favorite forms 🙂

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 1:51 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Natasha. Gratitude accepted and given.
  
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hollyheir | January 31, 2011 at 6:33 PM | Reply

Clever story. Good one! Gay @beachanny

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 6:34 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks, Gay!
  
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Paula Tohline Calhoun | January 31, 2011 at 7:46 PM | Reply

Thank you for visiting my site! I left a note there for you, and an apology for your tear~ 😀 I am really enjoying your poetry, and I will be back for more! We have similar styles in some ways. . .

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- booguloo | January 31, 2011 at 10:25 PM | Reply
  
  I’m tearing and then laughing a lot these days. No apology needed. Glad you are enjoying the blog.
  
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Jamie Dedes, all rights reserved | January 31, 2011 at 11:48 PM | Reply

A good old/new fashioned canzone. Well done.

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- booguloo | February 1, 2011 at 3:33 AM | Reply
  
  Wanted to use a horse but it wouldn’t fit.
  
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Monty Wheeler (bumfuzzled) | February 1, 2011 at 3:07 PM | Reply

lol great job with both form and storyline. what I loved was the childhood memories you invoke. how serious we took these battles lol

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- booguloo | February 1, 2011 at 4:48 PM | Reply
  
  War was hell. Food coloring and cheap perfume were added to liven it up a bit. Thanks for stopping by!
  
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Snowflakes | February 6, 2012 at 9:44 AM | Reply

love the powerful illustration of your image,
extraordinary entry.

🙂

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- booguloo | February 6, 2012 at 11:03 AM | Reply
  
  Thanks.
  
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Summer Rain | February 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM | Reply

very inviting write on this one.

keep it up.

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- booguloo | February 8, 2012 at 7:19 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks Ji. Haven’t done many war poems, so I thought I’d give you at least one for the prompt.
  
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dsnake1 | February 16, 2012 at 7:53 AM | Reply

great stuff! loved the twist at the end. 🙂
for some, those water balloons may become grenades later in life.

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- booguloo | February 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM | Reply
  
  That’s why us guys had “action figures” growing up. snicker
  
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