The Brave, Bold Boys

The brave, bold boys
went bouncing off to battle
as their fathers
and their fathers
and their fathers went before

To fight for folk and freedom
with their blazoned banners blowing
those bold, brave boys
went marching off to war

The bold, bold boys
sang of honor, truth and glory
marching onward
ever onward
with their lusty battle cries

While their mothers and their daughters
and their sons and friends and lovers
cheered and hollered
and paraded
and went home and wiped their eyes

The brave, brave boys
marched upon the field of battle;
with their cannons
and their rifles
soon they filled the air with lead

They fought with might and passion
but the battle kept on raging
bombs exploding
day and night
until the last young boy was dead.

______


Now the field is full of flowers
and the families have forgotten
how they hollered and paraded
when their boys ran off to die

But the meadow still remembers
how the wounded lay upon it
and the wistful wind still
sighs and whispers
sighs and whispers
'why?'



Poetry by Baskenmütze
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Written on 2011-02-08 at 06:57

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bluebackpack
S**t, girl.
=)
2011-02-16


Sun.Moon.Stars.Rain
This is fantastic!!! The pounding rhythm reminds me very much of Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade". Really nice use of alliteration to create that pounding battle rhythm. Great write!
2011-02-10


TubaGiant
This is AMAZING!
(I think you should write a melody to go with it though--it sounds so much like a song)

It weaves such an incredible story and really puts you there. You can really see it happening because it seems so much like what happens in real life. I love the image at the end with the meadow remembering--it works so well.

Behold!
I see a
Triumphant poet.
The words
Evoke such a
Robust and powerful image,
Sounding like the horns of
War and
Emoting
Everything
That should be felt.

Where did the inspiration for this one come from?
2011-02-09


Morgan Cellohead
**** YEAH!!!!!
2011-02-09