Knightly Poems | Examples

Remembering Winged Warrior

Four and a half years ago we lost a fine poet, 
a knightly gentleman, and a friend to many of us.  
I'm reposting my tribute to him today.  

Warrior is an adjective used for a hero or a knight
I knew one, briefly, whose wings have taken flight
Not just a fine poet was John, but also very kind
Generous and caring, is how he would be defined
Endearing was his 'love and light' message to all
Departed now, but his memory I will always recall

With words of tribute, I honor his humorous wit
Always a positive attitude, he was a candle ~ lit
Rest peacefully, ^WW^ ~ You're missed, my friend
Reflecting Ripples is a poem John sadly penned
In it he wrote about "shadows" and "silent sorrows"
Oh, If from fate, I could be the one who borrows
Respite from death, you'd have more tomorrows

Windswept

Windswept

Over sheet music, harmonious movement of sand.
Droplets of rain dance - time swooning on sea and on land.

Cupid’s arrows climb, descend strings of the violin.
Heartthrobs, side by side, in best dress, on seasonal spin.

Fingers up and down long necks, in obeisance of song,
as bow ties glide along knightly, mounting music, strong.

Ultra concentration as the conductor gyrates,
creates, weights, debates, elongates, plaits and translates.

Unity in mass, jealousy laid aside, except
for the audience who longs to climb inside, windswept.

Ebb and flow of tears, patiently are kept and foreswear
allegiance to current marriage with hasty prayer.

Silver fox-french horns, don’t withhold their breaths, breasts pounding.
With lilt, rapturous, they’d give up their lives, resounding.

White pages, pristine ties, good looking manners of tides.
Hourglass climax expires. Silence shatters. Faith abides.

Crown The King

CROWN THE KING
 
Kendrick, king of kinetic kinesis,
Kaleidoscopic knowledge knits keenest.
Kindled by Compton's kinetic flame,
Keen verses vie for victory, acclaim.4

Knightly in kendo of kindred beats,
Keeps a killing calmness under knit sheets.
Kicks, knuckles, knockouts off his notes,
His knavish knacks, knight-errant floats.8

King of the craft, crowned in creative conquest,
Kendrick the keystone, like Kinta Kunte's quest.
The keeper of keys to kingdoms is K.Dot,
Kindhearted kinfolk, Kenny is kinetically hot.¹²

Kendrick's alter ego kits Kung-Fu Kenny,
Kdot's "6:16 in LA" & "Not Like Us" impressed many.
Kendrick's career-spanning series of the same name
Keeps Kung-Fu Kenny kitted-up in the rap game.¹6

Kaleidoscope king, keep kindling the art.
Crown King Kendrick, he who's carved apart.¹8


VICK MANUEL POETRY
{VMP}
FORM: Alliteration 
Copyright ©?11th May, 2024.

The Bond With Pegasus

 Near Living Waters a bond is Forged
 Gilded Hooves and Wings and Swords,
 Feathers of Fire and Light Scintillate Ablaze
 I Saddle Up and Ride the High Heavens Way,
 Flailing Beams of Radiance, Zion Bound
 Upright for the Glory, Upright for the Crown
 One with the Bond comes Forth the Golden Man
 ARCHETYPE LEGENDARY!!! Swinging Steel like Conan,
 Galloping High North propelled by the Wind Force
 Solar luminous, Marching Knightly up the High Roads
 Divine is the Essence, Blazing Stallions like Bellerophon
 Through the Eternal Springs of Life and Beyond,
 Sprung Forth by The Calling I'm a Wild Soul
 Heroic Sown, Bold, and Sun Born
 Gleaming Palladium Shaffron, Cruppers and Crinets
 I Ride with PEGASUS, The Greater Self
 One by the Lightning, One with the Thunder
 Full Speed Ever-Upward, Ever-Onward

I am

I am... my son, 
who shines my lights so brightly,
who defends my side knightly.

I am... my daughter, 
who shares my cares silently,
who keeps my secrets quietly.

I am... my grandson, 
who keeps my life living lively,
who won't even let me sit idly. 

I am... my granddaughter, 
who hugs me very tightly,
who holds my hand so slightly.

I am... my parents, 
who raised me ever so rightly,
who sacrificed politely.

I am... my God,
who is the best inside of me,
who gives me love eternally.

I am... my family!
My family... I am!

Paper Kingdom

A dream of dreams, then quickly vanished.
A dragon stitched through billowing clouds,
A fold-up wooded paper kingdom appeared.
I slowly sat up in my bed, right on my footboard it gripped. 

The rest of my room disappeared into a fog.
A green-gold scales beast raised its stare.
Calm expression, like he was reading my muddy bog
Thoughts. Overwhelmed, speak, I did not dare.

I'd like to take you to a spectacular place.
He crossed his arms across his chest.
He whirled around a scarf appeared across his face.
Then, twisted his lips, hum, knightly jests.

I scratched my head and shrugged my shoulders,
and thought very nervously. Can I trust this beast?
For a moment, I wondered, but who is his holder?
Anxiously, I merely followed this beast.

A dream of dreams I woke to a knock at my bedroom door.
Afraid, carefully I pulled the loose covers off my head.
Pouring emotions of joy, the wooded paper kingdom was no more.
Mom slowly opens the door. “You’re going to be late for school,” she said.

NON NOBIS DOMINE

NON NOBIS DOMINE

Significant, back in the day
Was the Knight Templar cross pattee
Red and stout with its flattened ends
A different message that it sends

Papal directives to obey
Significant, back in the day
A secretive knightly order
Sent to the Holy Land border 

To take and keep Jerusalem
The holy city, a real gem
Significant, back in the day
Try to keep Saladin away

The order grew and was wealthy
Their cavalry charge not stealthy
For years, kept enemies at bay
Significant, back in the day

Black Country Communion

Are you yearning for me, dear?
Does our departure kill you too?
The environs look so blear,
Midst summer, in my eyes, there's dew...!

You might not feel it within,
There's a blazing fire in me; 
In my flesh and blood and skin,
Can you hear my sorrow-filled plea...?

Gales and storms compete,
Coal-dust wraps roses and lilies;
The wheat field is a black sheet,
Who changed the shade of these chilies?

Sobs, like coos, are heard from far,
Your voice, too, is mingled in them;
In the sky, I find no star,
Poison fills each plant root and stem...!

Seasons have changed now brightly,
Come, dear, let's forget our breaches;
Let our oneness turn knightly,
Till our goal its zenith reaches...!

Bahram 1st To Mani 4th

What worth are you? 
You deny all knightly sports.
You do not defend our walls.

I heal with no gold.
I free doves from steel cages.
I wait for heaven’s kingdom.

Arms Race

Arms, legs,
fists, feet,
beating chests;
teeth meet.

Stones, bones,
sharp-honed tusks,
poisoned darts;
obsidian clubs.

Slings, arrows,
outrageous bows,
black-edged flints;
sharp-pointed swords.

Red-glare rockets, 
gold knightly spears,
squat-humped cannons;
trebuchets.

Muskets, pistols,
bayonet rifles, 
spitting Maxims;
Tommy guns.

Gray battleships,
deep submarines,
articulated tanks;
V-ones, V-twos.

Experimental Zeppelins,
jet-fighter planes,
flying forts;
atomic bombs.

Poison gas,
Laser rays,
will it ever end;
the race?

Sacred Ground

Those who stand their ground...
Their sacred ground...
With their backs against the wall.
Making bold their full intentions
While the slings and arrows fall.

Laying waste an air of happenstance
Permeating sick and feeble minds...
Caring not the monstrous odds
The powers of darkness have aligned.

I fear not this mass of troubled souls
Who demand their pound of flesh.
I contest every foot of treasured Earth.
I contest every loathsome wretch.

I give not an inch to those who dare
Make dark the light of day
To preserve such sacred wanderings
Where the meek would have their say.

I will lift my voice in praise and song
To evince the veracity of my cause
Displaying a knightly measure of gallantry
To give the hapless minions pause.

But sweet victory demands some sacrifice
As a judicious Death may set me free.
Knowing this... would you be at my side?
Would you rise and stand with me?

                  The End

Death

How happy is the medieval life!
Never forget the knightly and gothic life.

The occurrence that's really noticeable,
Above all others is the disappearance.
Are you upset by how conspicuous it is?
Does it tear you apart to see the disappearance so strong?

Decease is, in its way, the of modification.
Never forget the yellowish and dishonourable decease.

The Knightly Spouse

A priviledge, not a burden
The power of Love to wield.
In the name of the highest;
Crowned a king; alike throned.
As far beyond that wall afield
Each castle's; cloud-horizoned.

A great honour, the greatest
Entrusted them, vowed knightly
Raise not a gold-fingered hand
But tears for to wipe, ward off
In black who for Despondency
At such saving gestures scoff.

Romantic Evening

Twilight – the whip-cracker of – Night
             …………..Reaches the beach;
Sky sets – Venus - the evening light,
      And to welcome her lover – Sun,
        She wears a rosy, glassy dress. 

      Flirted by her rosy, glassy dress,
Sea furls his knightly, vaulting waves
                …………and he does crown 
   Them with flickering, fiery ringlets
      And sets a royal bed for the duo. 

       Flirted by her rosy, glassy dress,
Sea-gulls glare; they miss their watch; 
Whales stare through … scarlet screen;
All miss their work; all stop their work,
And leaving world to them, all…go home. 


Sept. 28, 2020 
N-A re-run 11 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: John Hamilton 

N/A in the following contest
Judged on Sept. 16, 2020 
Completely Your Choice (10)Any Form Any Theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand

Through the Sky

A
Bird
Cartwheeling
Diligently,
Ever
Frightfully 
Gaining
Height
In
Jumbled 
Knightly 
Loops,
Moaning
Never
Once,
Perhaps 
Queenly 
Reigned
Sky
Took
Unnecessary 
Vices
Wherever 
Xiang
Yankee
Zaps.

06/09/2020

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