Tag: war poetry

• Siegecraft

  All winds change, even Emperors can be caged Rage unchanged since ancient today, still ranging At being’s heart, man cart of sacred parts ill custodian Oils stowed for such events I toss from ramparts Around me buildings exploding, showering hot debris below Amidst smoke, standing with tattered cloak My name by hammerous Gods spoken, known…

  alchemisland

  24th Jul 2024

  Filí my pockets

  alchemisland, art, bard, chivalry, creative writing, epic poetry, expression, fantasy, imagination, knights, long poem, longform, medieval, medieval warfare, narrative, neuralchemy, original poem, poem, poet, poetblr, poetry, poetryblr, siegecraft, spilled ink, storytelling, violence, war, war poem, war poetry, warrior, writeblr, writer, writing

• Raiding in blue

  Caked, tugged at, sucked back, slowgoing, wading Lost Tommies shelldefeaned leadpregnant Advancing slowly whilst grenaded Man insane to go against machines Without officer’s baton and ironed strides. Imagining ranks of young Frenchmen Artists and teachers, future lynchpins Of society and pillars, perhaps, some Sons prodigal, the rum-dumbed But none death deserving None so numb to…

  alchemisland

  17th Jul 2024

  Filí my pockets

  alchemisland, ancient rome, diana, diana the huntress, excalibur, first world war, heroes, king arthur, lake nemi, myth, mythology, neuralchemy, poem, poet, poetry, war poetry, world war one, WWI

• Bombs in Billets

  Mr Burke from Battersea has an early start Up with larks, ensuring binmen do their jobs If you spy him circuiting the park he is warden of, and try stalking past him He will shout as if you had not seen him and were keen to stop and talk He bellows about battle Overseas retreats…

  alchemisland

  27th Jun 2024

  Filí my pockets

  alchemisland, death, first world war, great war, neuralchemy, poem, poet, poetry, war, war poetry, WWI

• Smashed at Actium

  Gold much in Egypt Gods older than the foam which drank Atlantis Arch fantasist whose phantom hand called up every flower He toward whom all followers tend eventually Ear lender whose housing lobes empathic eternal paternal tenderness At disposal every power, every rotad hour known to he Oldest When ceaseless cleansing rains started, the heart…

  alchemisland

  27th Jun 2024

  Filí my pockets

  actium, alchemisland, ancient history, antiquity, battle, classical world, creative writing, epic poetry, historical fiction, history, naval warfare, neuralchemy, poem, poet, poetry, rome, ships, war, war poetry, writing

• Addled

  Missing limbs mark lucky ones, their seen scars pitied on Beloved not ye inner marked, who a dog wouldn’t piss on Scarred ear to arse within A once lucid mind o’er frissoned by insistent melee Becomes a self imprisoner Every second leaf is a poisoner Poison oaked asses in medbay Fingers crossed round marlboros Crossed…

  alchemisland

  17th Apr 2024

  Filí my pockets

  addled, alchemisland, alchemy, angels, bible, creative writing, fiction, heavy-metal, imagination, magic, metal, National Poetry Month, neuralchemy, nixon, poem, poet, poetry, ptsd, unearth, vietnam, war poetry, warrior, words, writer, writing