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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Date: 2/7/2017 6:26:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Donna, great poem :)
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Donna Roberts
Date: 2/7/2017 6:32:00 PM
Thanku Claudia
Date: 2/7/2017 3:06:00 AM
A complex weave of poetry, that. Well done for your win in my contest!
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Julia Ward
Date: 2/7/2017 8:50:00 AM
Î can well believe that.
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Donna Roberts
Date: 2/7/2017 8:27:00 AM
I enjoyed crafting this Julia!
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Donna Roberts
Date: 2/7/2017 8:26:00 AM
I enjoyed crafting this Julia!
Date: 1/29/2017 8:16:00 PM
WELL DONE!! Good luck in the contest, Donna.
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Donna Roberts
Date: 1/29/2017 8:26:00 PM
Thank you! YOU too.
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Donna Roberts
Date: 1/29/2017 8:24:00 PM
Thank you! YOU too.
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