Wednesday's Verse - Battle Ghosts
This week’s verse moves from a science fiction verse about a fortune hunter learning a well-deserved lesson, to a fantasy verse about commemorating heroes. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry, a
collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2019.
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Battle GhostsLong lie the ghosts in the skies and the fields,
Beneath clouds, stars and soil in the land they defended
where long ago, in hard battle, their lives they did yield.
They fought with their voices, with what they could wield
They fought with the tools that for peace were intended
Long lie the ghosts in the skies and the fields
No one ran; they all stayed when the warning bells pealed
Took up arms, kitchen tools, ploughs to swords were soon rendered,
and long ago, in hard battle, their lives they did yield.
They are memories, now, their fate is long-sealed
but we honour them still for they never surrendered,
and long lie the ghosts in the skies and the fields
They fought for our freedom, when from attackers they reeled,
outnumbered, determined, our victory hard-apprehended,
and long ago, in hard battle, their lives they did yield.
And now, in the peace of a land scarred but healed
We remember and honour them for the service they rendered
these long lying ghosts in the skies and the fields
who long ago, in hard battle, their lives they did yield.
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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.
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