Warrior Winning
Warrior and Gladiator fought fiercely till the end.
A furious fight between them was brutal though both fend.
Regularly death was a fairly common occurrence.
Risk of death in their minds never created disturbance.
It didn't mean death of one fighter was inevitable.
Over fight gladiator lost; fight was memorable;
Result was unfortunate; crowd felt practice to amend.
Warrior won, crowd cheered; gladiator was his best friend.
In blood absorbing sand warrior looked for King's clearance;
No killing signal he hoped while crowds' cheer was deterrent.
Nod silently by king meant to kill inevitably;
Ignored gladiator's past wins were unforgettable.
None hoped defeated that day would be killed in stadium.
Gladiator felt winner's sword pierced in right atrium.
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Amanda’s Dark Sonnet form was invented
by Amanda J Norton who writes on Allpoetry.com.
It is a sonnet consisting of two seven line stanza’s.
The first letters of each line form a two word acrostic, which must be alliterative.
The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabbcca abbccdd
Each line is 14 syllables although iambic heptameter is not required.
The author gave no indication that a volta is required.
It must be about a “dark” topic.
Thanks to Amanda J Norton for the creative work.
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/amandas-dark-sonnet
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Copyright © Pratap Roy | Year Posted 2021
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