Wednesday's Verse - Rising Knights

This week’s verse moves from a science fiction verse about mining asteroids to a slightly futuristic fantasy poem about trolls and rising heroes. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016.

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Rising Knights

Singing,

the troll birds come

from beneath the bridges

of the world, swarming and screaming,

hunting

across

the sleeping suburbs,

worse than the zombie herds,

that trample from the undead lands,

moaning.

We shut

the bridge-doors down,

but, ev’ry single night,

they open once again, gateways

of death,

horror,

and bloody doom,

until from within us,

bloodlines stirred, long dormant, but, now

awake.

Children,

chosen by chance

of birth and parentage,

at first bewildered and confused,

then not,

rising

to the challenge

of a changed world, where they

could make a difference to all.

Our knights.

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd