"Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live." - sengoku daimyô - 16 November 2005




Samurai.

Walking with the samurai,

Flowing the noble cries

That ride on the horses back.

Takanobu never ordered

The rice fields to bleed,

And the Gempei war to

Enslave myriads of stallions.

 

The grey obscures the green pine,

The orange horizon melting.

 

 

What way do they turn?

Suicide no choice but honour,

For the ovation –

For the corn fields that feed

Each warrior and place

The armour on there breasts.

Mire in the eyes of the great.





Poetry by John Ashleigh
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Written on 2005-11-16 at 15:41

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