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The Poet Warrior

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My Dear Enemy Here I am In full armor My quill is full of arrows My bow is taunt and ready fro battle My horse is pristine and shiny black I am your enemy As you are mine to the death I shall take my bow and arrow Pierce you through the heart My king shall praise and honor me For many battles so well fought I know I have to shoot my arrows To save my own pitiful soul My dear enemy I just long for you to know Every arrow, every drop of blood Every soul that must depart Due to my fine skills and sharp arrow darts I die along with you I know not who you are Yet a weep for your lost soul I imagine other times Maybe we would sit for tea and cookies Laughing over words of glee You and I so battle ready I am sorry for all the battle scars The blood that flows so deep Every arrow that leaves my bow I am sure it too, also weeps My Dear Enemy I prey today that before the dusk One of you will have a finer bow My heart no longer has the will To fill my quill with arrows so Today, I let one of you end my day No longer can I live on this way All my fine arrows fired Have finally been on target My Dear Enemy I love you as any man I have only love for humanity I pray one day Our Kings and Queens shall feel this way As off the battle field, I am carried away

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Kelly Deschler

Date: 4/16/2015 11:46:00 PM

Love conquers all and I hope the world will realize this one day, too... I truly enjoyed this extraordinarily write. It is so heartfelt and noble flowing from a talented hand. Shall we refer to you as King Arthur? :)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/18/2015 5:10:00 PM

Well well, now isn't that a great idea!!!! my loyal subjects!!! LOL

Robert Lindley

Date: 4/7/2015 8:00:00 PM

As a poet and archer myself, using the English longbow(traditional archery) I salute you on this great piece. If we as poets do not use blood, sweat and tears in our work then we aren't doing it right. It is a battle to express well our thoughts and inspirations! A7 but this is clearly a ten in my book.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/18/2015 5:09:00 PM

As always Richard, you are too kind! :)

Jaycee Cervenka

Date: 4/7/2015 1:09:00 PM

I like this very much, for we all weep a little and bleed a bit over our pages and those of others..well sometimes we weep and bleed for them too. I enjoyed how this occasionally broke into rhyme, but it was not a focus, more as an afterthought or to create tone. well written A 7 and Fave

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/18/2015 5:08:00 PM

Thank you , much appreciated Janet

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/7/2015 8:40:00 AM

Very moving Arthur, it brings to mind the "American Sniper" movie.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/18/2015 5:07:00 PM

Thanks Richard, haven't seen that one yet!

Kp Nunez

Date: 4/5/2015 10:38:00 AM

Truly one of the consummate poets in Poetry Soup. I rest my case. Kim :)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/6/2015 10:45:00 AM

If I had a payroll, I would definitely be adding you onto it!!! Thank you!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/5/2015 12:05:00 AM

very unusual work, Arthur. I really enjoyed it. For whom is this one intended? hope I am not an enemy .don't know if I could withstand your sharpened quill!! (was it deliberate the way you spelled pray as prey?)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/6/2015 10:43:00 AM

No it was not! LOL I corrected it! Thanks!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 4/4/2015 5:56:00 PM

enjoying the edgy feel of your work, arthur... triumphant voice from your golden pen!.. huggs

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/6/2015 10:44:00 AM

Thank you nette, you are too kind. I haven't had as much free time, but hope to do more reading this week! :)

Jan Allison

Date: 4/4/2015 12:27:00 PM

I love the use of quill instead of quiver Arthur - not sure if it is intentional - but it works - great write - you are firing on all 4 cylinders with your poetry my friend:-) hugs jan xx 7 xx

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/6/2015 10:43:00 AM

Thank you Jan, much appreciated!

Tim Smith

Date: 4/4/2015 10:57:00 AM

outstanding piece Arthur...love for humanity is a very fine virtue to have...stop eating Timmy and Maya's candy..lol

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/4/2015 11:50:00 AM

I only hope that Timmy and Maya dont own a bow and arrows!

Gil Garcia

Date: 4/4/2015 10:28:00 AM

You have placed yourself through your amazing imagination into the moment. You've allowed us to visualize from afar what your imagination has set to paper as does an artist paints to canvas. Thank you.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/4/2015 12:12:00 PM

Thank you very much Gil, very kind of you!

Paul Callus

Date: 4/4/2015 9:16:00 AM

Now that you have fired all your arrows I shall cautiously approach and comment! Love how you tackled the poet warrior theme; quite original (but you are usually original!). The use of 'quill' instead of 'quiver' is an interesting point. All the best. // paul

Arthur Vaso
Date: 4/4/2015 12:12:00 PM

Thank you Paul, was not 100% sure that would work! mis-using the word!