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
© 2011 Michael Yost
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One Stop Poetry Forms – Ballads 01/31/2011
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Bring it on. Let’s go. Good story lines.
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Liking the ballad format. It’s fun.
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Loved the story
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Love how were all learning with this Monday feature! Loved your call to arms Michael! Hell ya!
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Thought I’d keep it in the ballad tradition to start with at least.. ..smiles..
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Very cool!
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Glad you enjoyed it.
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Good one – excellent twist ending.
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Thanks!
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Well done with the ballad form! All hail booguloo 🙂 Enjoyed it much…one of my favorite forms 🙂
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Thanks, Natasha. Gratitude accepted and given.
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Clever story. Good one! Gay @beachanny
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Thanks, Gay!
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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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I’m tearing and then laughing a lot these days. No apology needed. Glad you are enjoying the blog.
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A good old/new fashioned canzone. Well done.
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Wanted to use a horse but it wouldn’t fit.
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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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War was hell. Food coloring and cheap perfume were added to liven it up a bit. Thanks for stopping by!
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love the powerful illustration of your image,
extraordinary entry.
🙂
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Thanks.
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very inviting write on this one.
keep it up.
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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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great stuff! loved the twist at the end. 🙂
for some, those water balloons may become grenades later in life.
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That’s why us guys had “action figures” growing up. snicker
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