THE WARRIOR
...I was born into a war
I was born into a war
I Was born into this war
And I couldn’t even talk
I didn’t know how to walk
I hit the ground surviving
Heavy fire, Heavy losses
Broken will br...
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Categories:
scipio, analogy, fate, loss, mental
Form: Free verse
The Whips of History - 1
...This whip is a relic of war
an instrument of severe education,
come now Avia, look how lovely and vulgar,
it is essential for you to appreciate it's intention,
feel it's supple weight, the simpl...
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Categories:
scipio, christian, history, passion, poetry,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Hell Translation Canto Xxxi Part 2
...(continue from previous)
We walked then a farther site to reach,
Turning to left; and at leaf spring far throw,
We found other larger, fiercer to breach.
In binding him, whoever did it though
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Categories:
scipio, fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima
Yolanda of Rome
...i stood over looking
the general view
of the bath of caracalla
evading sudatorium seduction
the church of st. cesarea
in palatio captured my thoughts
rather quickly i entered
sarcphagus of luciu...
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Categories:
scipio, devotion,
Form: Classicism
Hannibal
...Good listener, please lend your ear
To share my history
Before I take the poison drink,
I’ll tell you my story.
They’re coming even now to take
The city that we love
And hope is often lost and so
My...
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Categories:
scipio, adventure, death, history, hope,
Form: Ballad
Africanus: a Ballad On the Conquests of Scipio Africanus
...From ship we see the foreign shore
The lookout’s first to sight
The Carthaginians have no clue
Of coming Roman might
The expedition’s full of men
Our forces proud and grand
We come to conquer Africa...
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Categories:
scipio, history, may, men,
Form: Ballad