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Best Tempering Poems


The Tempering of the Soul
I have lived a thousand lives, died a thousand deaths.
I have loved women unbounded and fathered an army of children.
I have killed and healed, stolen and blessed, fought and fled.

Jew, Christian, Muslim I have been-- Buddhist, Hindu and Jain, too.
I worshiped the sun and Thor,...

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Categories: tempering, atheist, mystery,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Tempering Their Souls Into Cold Steel
Spartan's courageous men standing,
Shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield.
Immortal warriors of the past
With King Leonidas by their side
A hero born for this day.
As proclaimed by the gods.
With their shields burning fiercely 
with flames of fire.
Reaching out to embrace the enemy,
And their weapons honed on blood...

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Categories: tempering, courage, culture, freedom, history,
Form: Free verse

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