The Swords Speak

While Excalibur's sword inscription
was of the sovereign Kings prediction
the majority of gentry believed its merely fiction

Whereas the Italian phrased Sword that Spoke
Instilled a diction purposely meant to provoke
for it bore the words that united all the folk

        "Free people are brothers"

With each laborious clink and clang
that etched inscription sang and sang
in the place where it mattered the most
upon the brain of the patriotic wielding host 

When the battle approached its ending
and the warriors went about wound tending
As they offered a victorious toast
The soldiers melodious song would boast 

        "Free people are brothers"                                  1/29/2017             106wd
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Polydoro Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 6:26 PM
Congrats on your win, Donna, great poem :)
Roberts Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 6:32 PM
Thanku Claudia
Ward Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 3:06 AM
A complex weave of poetry, that. Well done for your win in my contest!
Ward Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 8:50 AM
Î can well believe that.
Roberts Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 8:27 AM
I enjoyed crafting this Julia!
Roberts Avatar
February 7, 2017 at 8:26 AM
I enjoyed crafting this Julia!
Dietrich Avatar
January 29, 2017 at 8:16 PM
WELL DONE!! Good luck in the contest, Donna.
Roberts Avatar
January 29, 2017 at 8:26 PM
Thank you! YOU too.
Roberts Avatar
January 29, 2017 at 8:24 PM
Thank you! YOU too.
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