Tag: warriors

• King of pugilists at prayer

  Bait a jab, dip Clasp hands behind hips, lift From Keramoti to Thassos, boxers by dayglow go to heroic groves Clove-scented, seated on cloven stone cloven-footed one’s throne Overgrown with old foliage, foliate head emerging Flaxen hair a chervil mound, summoned by Amergin He most unservile, rilled nubile verdant Dante rootcheeked Atlantean Lord of leafed…

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  28th Jul 2024

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• The Gilded Horde

  Little I have known of love  And less of mirth besides But on the windswept plain where the gilt horde rove On sands unkissed by tides.  Little I have known of idling And more of the driven cob  Left beside the temple writhing The spoils split to the mob.  Little I have known of culture…

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  8th Jan 2024

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