tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83486868761906115942024-03-08T00:02:05.980-08:00iambisaidEllen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-70131934667783792992023-12-04T13:30:00.000-08:002023-12-05T10:42:55.829-08:00Duke Sven Orfhendur ~ Fall Crown '23<p><span style="font-size: large;">Duke Sven Orfhendur</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(Englyn Penfyr)</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Loth to leave his leafy shade</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Thwacks Yasuke with his blade.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Spies the stalwart fighter Paul</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Strikes a blow to make him fall.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Three black swans come sailing by</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Arland's gaggle forced to fly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Sven's chances now are slimmer</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> He's knocked down by Thorgrimmr.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Shakes his head and up he goes</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Ready for more battle blows.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Gouttes of blood bedeck the field</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Killian's fate has now been sealed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Tryyggr, who would be the king</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Makes Sven's doughty helmet ring.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The orfhend sloth hangs from a mighty tree:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Sven Orfendur earned his rest</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Tourney day was just the best!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler<br /></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;">...is a 15th century Burgundian wool merchant who thinks she's a 10th century Viking weaver.</span></span></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-3367783729582500492023-07-06T11:18:00.000-07:002023-07-06T11:18:15.213-07:00Last Highlander Sonnet<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Found the fanzine my Highlander poetry was in: <i>Rules of the Game #5</i>, 1998.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>On Guard, You Fool</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(a Shakespearean Sonnet)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He's cocky, brash, a tabby alley cat<br />With lives <i>enough </i>for curiosity.<br />He'll travel far on brains and charm and chat<br />(Though further yet than even he can see).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">His hard, protective shell of impudence<br />May rub you wrong, but crack it and you'll find<br />He's loyal to a fault without pretense;<br />A friend for all time, passionate and kind.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He doesn't always do as he is told--<br />It's not the way a street kid looks at life--<br />But in a pinch he'll come through good as gold,<br />No stranger to the winds of storm and strife.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In tux and tie or racing colors gay:<br />On guard, you fool--he'll wink your heart away.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Ellen Shipley </span><br /></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-38568376534211468192023-07-05T13:58:00.001-07:002023-11-28T08:18:04.707-08:00One More<div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Setting Pen to Paper</i></span></p><span style="font-size: large;">(The travels of William Pen of Guin)<br />(a silly poem)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">What's black and white and red, you say?<br />A penguin in the heat of day.<br />Although he likes a cooler clime,<br />He bides in Careg Wen a time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To view the choosing of the one<br />Who'll be the shire's champion.<br />As well. to see the one whom fate<br />Will pick to be protectorate.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He thinks our customs rather odd<br />(He's also been to Sothron Gaard),<br />So he has come to have a look.<br />When he gets home, he'll write a book:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A travelog for any pen<br />Who someday, too, may get a yen<br />to leave his cold and icy reaches<br />And bask on fair Caidan beaches.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler </span><br /></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-54539279262674005592023-07-05T13:48:00.004-07:002023-07-05T13:48:31.553-07:00Fractured Nursery Rhyme<p><i> <span style="font-size: large;">Acrobat</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(play on <i>Twinkle, Twinkle</i>) <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Flicker, flicker,<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Little bat,<br />'Gainst the moon<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>In silhouette.<br />Riding currents <br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Of the night<br />On your insectorial<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Flight. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Homing in<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Upon your prey;<br />Hunt by dark<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>And sleep by day.<br />Hang suspended<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>From your bower--<br />Sipping nectar <br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>At a flower. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Shy, retiring<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Little beast,<br />Welcome to your<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Midnight feast.<br />Shun the owl,<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>'Ware the cat.<br />Flicker, flicker,<br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>Little bat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler </span><br /></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-40936395642269147672023-07-05T13:38:00.001-07:002023-07-05T13:38:33.833-07:00Something Silly<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <i>A Knight to Remember</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(a silly poem)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The ancient knight (the battle o'er)<br />Returned bone-weary, saddle-sore,<br />But when his winsome lady 'spied,<br />His spirits rose--or 'least they tried.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In urgent haste he bade her leave<br />To matrimonial battle cleave.<br />Love-locked he did give blow for blow<br />'Til vanquished by that tender foe.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The battle proved too hard a test,<br />The knight did earn eternal rest.<br />He gasped his last (the furs upon)<br />True knight: he died with his spurs on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler </span><br /></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-49726505584302265892023-07-05T13:24:00.002-07:002023-07-05T13:25:02.980-07:00More Found Poetry<p><span style="font-size: large;"><i> The Squire's Lament</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Celtic Buried Rhyme)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The time grows short, he hurries 'round<br />The battle ground with mended hilt.<br />The fighting has drawn to a halt;<br />'Though not his fault, he bears the guilt.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">His lord assails him with a stare--<br />How eyes do glare--'though he makes haste.<br />The armory was quickly packed;<br />Who knew it lacked the part he chased?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A kindly soul advanced a clamp;<br />His brow grew damp, his hand did shake<br />As he affixed it to rattan<br />This fighter's man, for his lord's sake.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The erik wide his welcome heard,<br />A cheerless word; he answers naught.<br />He takes what comes for good or ill<br />And bends his will: a squire's lot. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler <br /></span></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-78051113553793924912023-07-05T12:57:00.002-07:002023-07-05T12:59:05.055-07:00Poem for Lin<p>I found this poem in a box of old letters and writings. I've been going thru boxes and finding amazing things.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Keyboard Fancies</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(a silly sonnet)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Have you met the lady of the South<br />Whose skill with keyboard rivals all I'm told?<br />Her gift of story travels word-of-mouth<br />Just like the gifts of troubadours of old.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Her creatures come to life upon the page<br />And tell their tales to eager listening folk<br />Who laugh or cry or fly into a rage<br />As they are wont, just as her words evoke.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But do not think her fame will end just there,<br />For she has skills entirely from the norm<br />That conjure wondrous spirits from the air<br />And coax them into programs to perform.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Pursuing fancies, watch Lin's fingers fly</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Across the keys, as words and bits apply. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">--Ellen Shipley <br /></span></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-80333059738210163462023-06-27T10:29:00.014-07:002023-07-06T11:36:26.473-07:00 Highlander: Immortal Rimes in Iambic Pentameter<div><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i> Highlander: Rimes for Immortals in Iambic Pentameter</i></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">for Duncan:</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Who Wants to Live Forever</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(a Petrarchan Sonnet)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> He prowls the years, stark justice in his eyes,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>This self-appointed champion of the weak,</span><br /><span>For though it's said the world goes to the meek</span><br /><span>He's set his sights upon a higher Prize.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span>"There can be only one," his battle cry</span><br /><span>When evil-bent Immortals cross his path.</span><br /><span>With clash of steel they're made to face his wrath</span><br /><span>And lightning rips the skies when loosed heads fly.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span>But friend or foe, he'll outlive one and all--</span><br /><span>A Gilgamesh condemned to span the years;</span><br /><span>Immortal friendships he can ill afford.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span>For in the end, they'll fight and one must fall.</span><br /><span>The Gathering's impervious to tears:</span><br /><span>Who wants to live forever wields a sword. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">***</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">for Amanda: </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Thief of Hearts</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(a Terza Rima)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What bastion is proof against her skill--</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>What vault, what gate, what strong hold can prevail</span><span> </span><br /><span>When light-fingered Amanda bends her will?</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What guard draws breath whom she cannot assail</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>With just a glance--but what a glance!--those eyes,</span><br /><span>Half-hidden depths her curtained lashes veil;</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Or that come-hither smile she quirks with ease,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>Beguiling some night watchman from his post</span><br /><span>So she can liberate him of his keys? </span><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And many rich and hopeful man's played host</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>To this enchanting thief (to his dismay!)</span><br /><span>To find she's pilfered what he treasured most.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She takes by night what she has cased by day;</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>Museums are not safe from her assault</span><br /><span>If they flaunt tempting baubles on display.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>The wall was not erected she can't vault</span><br /><span>Should circumstances dictate urgency;</span><br /><span>She's find a way, persistent to a fault.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>The treasures of a dozen centuries</span><br /><span>Have drawn Amanda with their flash and fire;</span><br /><span>She goes where e'er she likes; takes what she please.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>The thief of hearts steals all her heart's desire--</span><br /><span>So catch her if you can, she's quite a tease! <br /></span></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">***</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span>for Methos:</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i><span></span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><i><span><br /></span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><span>Reflections in a Glass</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(a Shakespearean Sonnet)</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I stood on Santorini just at dusk</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>And watched the color drain into the sea;</span><br /><span>It took me back to Thera....Now this husk</span><br /><span>Of land is all that's left of memory.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>I saddled up a roan and rode her out</span><br /><span>To gallop o'er the hillsides drenched in sun...</span><br /><span>But once I raced across the steppes to flout</span><br /><span>My power over life and death--for fun.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>Cuneiform and hieroglyphs were new</span><br /><span>When I carved my graffiti on a span;</span><br /><span>Now every bridge abutment sports the view</span><br /><span>Of any city sage who sprays a can.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>Thinking back-- I'd have to say the tops</span><br /><span>Would be the day I cultivated hops.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; 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Going thru boxes of papers after our move to Owings Mills. I'll add them in here.</span></p><p><br /></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-44164533400881047772023-04-22T15:43:00.011-07:002023-04-27T05:46:37.322-07:00THL Gunner Von Lichtenburg<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><b>THL Gunner Von Lichtenburg ~ Spring '23<br /></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Pantoum for a Warrior</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A
good day dawned for Caid’s warriors’ dance:</span></p>
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spin around the tourney field.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A
golden eagle sprang from an argent oak</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In
a cloud of silver dragonflies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Another
spin around the tourney field –</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">All
those hopefuls vying for the crown –</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In
a cloud of silver dragonflies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Strode
forth a doughty lord from Lichtenburg.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">All
these hopefuls vying for the crown,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A
horseman among them with sword and spear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Impaled,
the doughty lord from Lichtenburg</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Sought
the healing balm of the oaken bower.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">The
horseman progressed with sword and spear</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">To
battle on; the eagle flapped his wings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Sought
the healing balm of the oaken bower</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And
rose restored to take the field once more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">To
battle on the eagle flapped his wings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Espied
a baron from his lofty height</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And
rose restored to take the field once more</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">To
fight a warrior for the crescent crown.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Espied,
the baron, in his lofty height</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Of
golden towers took up the challenge</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">To
fight the eagle for the crescent crown.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Victorious,
the Baron Somerset</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Of
golden towers bested the challenger,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Gunner,
the hapless lord from Lichtenburg</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Who
fought a knight and baron for the crown,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Now
lying on the cold Caidan ground.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Gunner,
the hapless lord Von Lichtenburg,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">A golden
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Though
lying on the cold Caidan ground</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Had
a good day in Caid’s warriors’ dance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler <br /></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Sir Andrea</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">(ballad) <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">What churl has pluckt the yellow rose</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And cast it to the ground,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">As if ‘twere but a common weed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;">And not a fleur renowned?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Who was it who did not admire</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This prize in full fair bloom,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Who cut it to its tender stalk</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And wrought untimely doom?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What fellow crushed it’s yellow head—</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Tore petals from the boll,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And set them spiraling to earth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Asunder from the whole?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Whose foot then trod them in the loam,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As from the field he strolled,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Abandoned with their heady scent</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Commingling with the mold?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It must have been a loveless soul</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">To wreak such wanton woe,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">For all Caid, ‘tis surely known,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Esteemed Andrea so.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">--Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span></p>
<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Not sure which Crown this was, but it's for Andrea and calls her a yellow rose. I'm sure I can find it somewhere. It may be in here already, just don't know what it's called.</p><p><br /></p><br />Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-33210293170708853252022-10-21T09:49:00.026-07:002022-10-21T14:46:51.007-07:00Lord Richard atte Valeye ~ Fall 2022<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lord Richard atte Valeye</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">An eagle – double-headed – casting ‘round</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Talons flexing and eager for the fray,</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">One head forward-looking, one scanning down.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A wary argent lion hears the sound</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Of wings a-beat and spies the bird of prey:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">An eagle – double-headed – casting ‘round.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Battle met; the eagle is brought to ground,</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The bird springs skyward, barely flies away</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">One head forward-looking, one scanning down.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A wing’ed fighter, formerly tree-bound</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Bedeviling in his apian way</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">An eagle – double-headed – casting ‘round.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The double-beak’ed bird snaps all around</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">But cannot bring the bee a-buzz to bay.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">One head forward-looking, one scanning down.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #060606;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #060606;">In mighty combat the eagle was downed.</span><br />
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Lord Richard did not win a crown this day: <br />
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">An eagle – double-headed – casting 'round</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">One head forward-looking, one scanning down.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">-- Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">...weaver of words and wadmal <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-27473904990355209672022-09-25T14:05:00.016-07:002022-09-25T14:14:40.004-07:00Garden Plots ~ sestina<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> I found a sestina I forgot I wrote in 2009. [I did find it when I looked at the label sestina. So yay.]<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Garden Plots<br /><br />Not the ages of man, but of woman<br />occupy my thoughts in these passing hours,<br />passing now with no deliberate care<br />whatsoever, if once again the sleep<br />I seek mocks me tauntingly. So it leaves<br />me mulling over the life I have made.<br /><br />Was I ever that buoyant child who made<br />mud pies in the yard, cloning the woman<br />who could turn out a pie dotted with leaves<br />of flaky crust lovingly crafted hours<br />upon hours, perhaps even in her sleep,<br />nurturing body and soul with such care?<br /><br />When in the springtime of my life, what care<br />did I have for the future? As a maid<br />I was timeless, ageless, I slept the sleep<br />of innocence. I blossomed into woman-<br />hood full of ideas to fill the hours<br />to bursting, all those green unfurling leaves.<br /><br />A wandering vine took root and our leaves<br />entwined to form a sturdier plant, care-<br />fully nurtured and tended. In the hours<br />of loving husbandry as we two made<br />a garden together, man and woman,<br />a sprout grew wild and free in our sleepy<br /><br />valley plot. Seasons pass as dreams in sleep;<br />a day dawns when our sprout ups-root and leaves<br />for new vistas. This can hit a woman<br />hard, this bare nursery. It took some care<br />to plant anew, germinating plans made<br />to stuff the once full but now hollow hours.<br /><br />What was fallow bloomed in time; now the hours<br />weight lightly on my mind. No time for sleep<br />it seems, as plantings old and new have made<br />an oasis in the desert. New leaves<br />have turned, and if they are gold-tinged I care<br />not. A mature garden suits this woman.<br /><br />Happy is the woman who fills the hours<br />given her with care. When she drifts asleep<br />to dreams of falling leaves, her peace is made.<br /><br />Ellen Shipley (c) 2009</span>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-28145169628925720912020-05-06T16:21:00.003-07:002022-10-21T09:52:56.895-07:00Sir Parmenio Bassarion ~ Spring 2020<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sir Parmenio Bassarion <br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fighter poem ~ Pantoum</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the dire coast of Thermopylae</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To the fair shores of Calafia</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio came for the sword play</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That might lay a wreath on Mattea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the fair shores of Calafia</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They journeyed forth on Crown
Tourney day</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That might lay a wreath on Mattea</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Should Parmenio win through the
fray.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">They journeyed forth on Crown Tourney day</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Along with many a fighter stout</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio must face in the fray</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And best
opponents in every bout.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Along with many a fighter stout</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Came Baron
Rudolph to test his sword</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And best opponents in every bout.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio
laid him on the sward.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">First came Rudolph to test his sword</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Next came
Lord Reinholdt, a man at arms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio laid <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">him</i>
on the sward</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now buoyed by fate and his lady’s
charms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After Lord Reinholdt, the man at arms</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Strode
THL Pansa (who would be king).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buoyed by his fate and his lady’s charms;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Dumbstruck
when Pansa made his helm ring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Away strode Lord Pansa (who would be king)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio
sought his lady’s arts.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dumbstruck when Pansa made his helm ring</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mattea soothed
his wounds and his heart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio sought his lady’s arts</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And sprang afresh
to the tourney field</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mattea soothed his wounds and his heart</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio
made Sir Nicolo yield.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He sprang <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>fresh to the tourney field</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ready to
take them, come one and all</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio made Sir Nicolo yield</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Then turned
to face the Crown Tourney brawl.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ready to take them, come one and all</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio
faced Count Makandro.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He turned to face in Crown Tourney brawl</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Then fell
at last to a mighty blow.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Parmenio faced Count Makandro</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">His wound
too grave for any to mend.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He fell at last to a mighty blow</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">His Crown
Tourney journey at an end.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His wounds were grave, but one day they’ll mend</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">And once
again to battle he’ll roam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crown Tourney journey is at an end,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Knight and
Lady return to their home.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And</span> might
lay a wreath on Mattea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Knight and Lady return to their home</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">To the fair
shores of Calafia.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">--Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler </span></span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-25266011504637071572019-11-18T15:45:00.001-08:002019-12-12T13:58:46.982-08:00Duke Sven Orfhendur ~ Fall 2019<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Sven & Ismay ~ fighter
poem </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I think that I shall never
see</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A sloth a’dangling from a
tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A tree whose green and leafy
shade</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Conceals a squirrely
escapade.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Around and round and up and
down</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The squirrels cavort above
the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Chittering, chattering,
leaping</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Over the treed sloth
a’sleeping.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Shaking off the squirrels and
slumber,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Ericward, begins to lumber</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Sloth in search of merry
thwacking,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Seeking out some friendly
whacking.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A golden eagle spies the
sloth</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Claws a’clicking in his
wroth.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Lackadaisical tree-hugger</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Ouch! No match for aerie
mugger.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Dizzy sloth, his brain
a’pounding</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Shakes it off, his strength
rebounding.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Scans the field with
fortitude,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Hears a shriek to curl the
blood.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Screaming from the sky a
dragon</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Parti-colored wings
a’flappin’.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Slothy claws are made for grasping;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Dragon’s claws just leave him gasping.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Arial warriors are no fun</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Besides it’s hot here in the
sun.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Perhaps the squirrely
cavalcade</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Is worth a dangle in the
shade.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">~ Pippin Skylark</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">...always tart and crisp</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Fall 2019 </span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-51588089046721655972019-06-06T10:05:00.003-07:002020-05-09T14:22:20.606-07:00Sir Edward Castleguard ~ Spring'19<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sir Edward Castleguard</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">(embellished awdl)</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Silver wing’ed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mythic beast</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Eagle claws and lion feet</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Climbs the sky with every
beat,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Searching for a battle meet:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Win by right a regal seat</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Comes Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">From the vale of azure hue</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Verdant islands ringed in
blue</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Good sir knight and lady
true:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Mistress Krystyan del la Poole</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Answering the heralds’ call</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Doughty fighters one and all</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Crescent crown holds each in
thrall;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Come to dance a martial brawl</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Has Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lighting on the field of play</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Basking in Crown Tourney day</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Eager now to join the fray</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Claws a’click to flench his
prey</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Stands Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Master Christian de Guerre</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Takes the eric with a flair</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sporting shoes of azure rare.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Griffin</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> swooping from the air</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Snatching, snarfs the blue
footwear!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Grins Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Bounding forth a bullock Or</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Bellowing a mighty roar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Shakes most foremen to the
core.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Swooping, tramples bull to
gore</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Does Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Duke Mansur of Araby</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Horseman of the Cavalry</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Spies the griffin gleefully;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hooves that beat a timpani</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Cross the eric sending scree</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">O’er Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dazed, a’wobble, takes the
sky</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Griffin</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> with a mighty cry</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Challenges an eagle high;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sharp claws strike and
feathers fly!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sir Jamal whose end is nigh</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">By Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Buoyed by this turn of fate</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Basking in his happy state</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thirst for blood he plans to
sate:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lays a snare a sloth to bait</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Does Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sven the sloth is deadly fast</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">With his sinister reach vast</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lo the battle die is cast</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thwack!</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> And
griffin breathes his last</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Poor Edward Castleguard.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Krystyan’s truelove’s day is
done</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Soared too high and touched
the sun;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Crown goes to another one.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Ending now his tourney run</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It sure was a lot of fun!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Smiles Edward Castleguard. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">--Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">...is a 15th century Burgundian wool merchant who thinks she's a 10th century Viking weaver. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-75653443589656857352018-12-03T13:19:00.002-08:002020-05-09T14:22:39.345-07:00 Sir Andrew Baird ~ Fall 2018<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Sir Andrew Baird</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Englyn Penfyr</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> <st1:place w:st="on">Byzantium</st1:place> sent its best</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> The crown
of Caid to wrest.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Cold
Wintermist’s martial lord</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Bested the bee
with his sword.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> A reremouse
from Calafi</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Likewise
took apart the bee.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A baron hight Killian</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gave Sir Andrew his first win.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Who lost to
Tiberius,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> A knight
just as furious.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> A baron
from Gyldenholt</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Fell eric-ward with a jolt.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Crucible tests the mettle of a man:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Though the
bee did not advance</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Sir Andrew
Baird made his stance.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>~ Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>...weaver of words and wadmal</i></span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-76048768424638678462018-05-18T12:10:00.002-07:002018-12-03T13:20:05.741-08:00Duke John at Gwyndaf of Holdingford<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Duke John ap Gwyndaf of
Holdingford<!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">(Shakespearean
Sonnet)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">A knight from
Holdingford came to Caid<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The Crown to win by might
and martial skill.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">A brace of bears to slay
e'er he proceed<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">To knock a raven from the
sky to kill.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Duke John surveyed the
field with spirits high,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The ground awash in blood
and target rich.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The better to display his
skill and ply<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">His swordsmanship to
scratch a Royal itch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">But now the stakes are
raised for Holdingford;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The battle of the dukes a
mighty fray.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">First Mansur drove John to
the bloody sward<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Then Patrick put paid to
John's tourney day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The Royal fight
advanced as day wore on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Twined rosemary enwreaths
another one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Mistress Philippa
Llewelyn Schuyler<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">...an empty vessel for the
Muse<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-54247116406506472432017-11-16T16:00:00.002-08:002019-06-06T10:10:06.565-07:00Alsander Bardon ~ villanelle<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Alsander Bardon</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">(villanelle)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alsander Bardon</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The meremouse flits in search of prey</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sounding out the target-rich field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Contenders clash to gain the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sable crescent joins in affray;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wing’d bat forces him to yield.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And meremouse flits in search of prey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three bears cuff the bat away;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A weakness of meremouse revealed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Contenders clash to gain the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">A battle axe attempts to slay,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But easily the bat has wheeled.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">The meremouse flits in search of prey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A castle strong stands in his way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And forces bat at last to yield.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Contenders clash to gain the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The field was fierce in martial play;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bat knocked to the battlefield.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">The meremouse flit in search of prey;</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Contenders clashed to gain the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">--Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...weaver of words and wadmal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-26259602047105501562017-06-22T11:48:00.003-07:002019-06-06T10:09:35.916-07:00Lord William Ulfsson<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Lord William Ulfsson</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>(verse in iambic pentameter)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A pack of wolves came hunting
~ green and gold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A’flash across the verdant
battle field ~ they spy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A hunting horn, three paw
prints in the wold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And run to ground Bjorn, who
fell thereby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">An eagle in a cedar tree took
flight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The snapping pack to harry,
but alas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It flew too low ‘til wolves
could snatch a bite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And Eowyn’s Jamal fell to the
grass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Likewise a hare came bounding
‘cross the field<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And charged the pack of
wolves in feverish mien.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The rabid rabbit quit the
battlefield;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A wolven midday snack was
Snorri’s bane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Alexander’s golden hippo spied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The pack of wolves a’frisking
on the lawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tooth and claw met armored
hippo hide;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The river horse dispatched
them with a yawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Undaunted, Liam’s pack shook
off the loss:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Eyed a sloth in arboreal repose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Alas, Sven proved a fractious
foe to cross<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">And brought the wolf’s son’s
tourney to a close.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like stars, three dragonflies
encircle him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As Aesa plies her loving, healing
balm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Crown Tourney Day has ended
now for Liam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Who did acquit himself with
great aplomb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>--Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>...an empty vessel for the Muse</i></span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-35401292695831138012017-06-19T15:28:00.001-07:002017-11-18T09:22:33.167-08:00Sir Omar ibn Haroun Al-Askari Al-Rumi<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Sir Omar ibn Haroun Al-Askari Al-Rumi</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">fallen in Spring Crown Tourney, A.S.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: small;">(sonnet)</span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A soldier of the Byzantine set forth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Across the <st1:place w:st="on">Levant</st1:place> bound for
distant lands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To win a kingdom for his fair Katrin</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;">He braved sirocco winds and burning sands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sir Omar crossed snow fields and storm-tossed seas</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As foreign to his nature as the stars</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;">That led him ever onward to his goal:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;">A kingdom he might gift his paramour.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;">Caid is such a land whose throne is won</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By one who bests the best who fight this day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Beset by Vikings: Snorri, Haldorr, Sven</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He bested one, then fell in mortal fray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;">No accolades, no wreath of rosemary.</span></div>
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But Omar lives to fight another day.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>-- Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>...a weaver of words and wadmal.</i></span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-83428376928213588932016-11-03T17:54:00.000-07:002016-11-03T17:54:00.062-07:00Dobby Is Free!<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am now officially not the editor of the fighter poems anymore. Twenty-five years (50 books) is enough I think. Paul fitz Denis will do a fine job I'm sure. Best of luck to him.</span>Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-78479498756818932362016-11-02T14:21:00.001-07:002023-12-04T13:42:01.039-08:00Ambrose Wyld ~ Pantoum<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ambrose Wyld</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">(Pantoum)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Immortal Scotsman, Ambrose hight,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">A challenge to the ground did fling</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Upon the tourney field to fight</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Agrippa, once and future king.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">A challenge to the ground did fling,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">His swordsman’s skill to put to test</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Agrippa, once and future king;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Alas, Agrippa proved the best.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">His swordsman’s skill he put to test</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">For Lady Apollonia.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Alas, Agrippa proved the best;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">For Ambrose, catatonia.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">The Lady Apollonia</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Foresaw this outcome from <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">First Ambrose, catatonia;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Then rise he would, fates to defy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">She saw this outcome from <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Ancient skills she wove by design:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Rise he does, his fate to defy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Ambrose next will face Byzantine.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Ancient skills woven by design</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Can only glimpse what fates portend.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Ambrose faces the Byzantine.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">His tourney day comes to an end.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">She only glimpsed what fates portend</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Upon the tourney field of fight.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">His tourney day came to an end;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Immortal Scotsman, Ambrose hight.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">…is a 15<sup>th</sup> century Burgundian wool merchant who
thinks she’s a 10<sup>th</sup> century Viking weaver.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Fall Crown Tourney '16</span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-26191280950700292262016-10-31T17:37:00.000-07:002023-12-04T13:50:55.389-08:00Duncan MacBryce ~ englyn penfyr<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Duncan MacBryce</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">(Englyn penfyr)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Day dawns bright on Caid’s Crown Tourney day</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Pennants gay o’er
verdant ground</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Catch the breezes
eric ‘round.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Silvery sea-horses leap to the fore</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Lion’s roar makes
Sabine weep</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Leaves bold <st1:city w:st="on">Duncan</st1:city> in a heap.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Undaunted, the sea-horseman shakes it off</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <st1:city w:st="on">Duncan</st1:city> scoffs and takes a stand:</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> His lady <i>will</i> rule this land!</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A boar-hunting canine rushes the field</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <st1:city w:st="on">Duncan</st1:city> wheels in battle flush</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ‘Round the eric
falls a hush.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gentle Sabine won’t let herself worry</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Her furious
spirit stirs,</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The bard
privateer to spur.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contenders clash, dog and sea-horse engage.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <st1:city w:st="on">Battle</st1:city> rages on the lea</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <st1:place w:st="on">Duncan</st1:place> is brought to his knees.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><st1:city w:st="on">Duncan</st1:city>’s
tourney rounds alas ran their course.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Tho sea-horseman’s
day is past</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> His courage is
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">…is a weaver of words and wadmal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fall Crown Tourney '16</span></span></div>
Ellen Shipleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348686876190611594.post-77276009397084419962016-07-11T15:43:00.002-07:002023-12-04T13:50:24.175-08:00The Tourney Dance ~ Pantoum<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The Tourney Dance</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">(Pantoum)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The steps are plain:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In garb or gown,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In plate or chain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The eric ‘round</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In garb or gown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They promenade</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The eric ‘round</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Tourney Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They promenade</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As fighters dash</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Tourney Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And titans clash</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As fighters dash</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Across the field</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These titans clash—</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Advance or yield</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Across the field</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">List shields display:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Advance or yield</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To all who play</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">List shields display</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And heralds cry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To all who play</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some live, some die</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The herald’s cry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moves ‘round the field</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some live, some die</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And fates are sealed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Move ‘round the field</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And count the ones</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whose fates are sealed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whose day is done</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now count the ones</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who still remain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Their day’s not done;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just one will reign</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Few still remain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The call to heed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just one will reign</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">O’er all Caid</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The call they heed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To try their hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">O’er all Caid</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To rule this land</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They try their hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In plate or chain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To rule this land:</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">The steps are plain.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">--Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">...weaver of words and wadmal</span></i><br />
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<i>Spring Crown Tourney A.S. L (2016)</i></span></div>
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