Forged

From the tomb of the ancient bloom                                                                                                                               comes something stronger sharper                                                                                                                                              out the ground rusted from womb                                                                                                                                    thrust into a refiners fire the starter                                                                                                                             smoke bellows carrying impurities away                                                                                                                   iron puddles a purer bloom is wrought                                                                                                                              the flowering steel becomes a fillet                                                                                                                      shaped with the hammer the slag is naught                                                                                                                into the fire again drawn out and tempered                                                                                                                 iron sharpens iron for the master's use                                                                                                                         an instrument forged in the fiery embers                                                                                                                   shining sharpened a sword has been cut loose
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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May 7, 2016 at 4:30 PM
John,, nice to see this poem in Justin's contest. *skat*
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March 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
John, nice to see your poem got an HM on Justin's latest contest. HUGS ~LINDA~
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February 14, 2016 at 1:59 PM
Very dramatic, John...And very original - I am rather impressed! :) john
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February 14, 2016 at 2:35 PM
Thank you John. I wanted to use bloomery, in the poem but then, this poem would have been longer than I wanted.
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