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| Excalibur the Sword/Arthur by Howard Pyle, 1903; image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons |
Excalibur
“Whoso pulleth out
this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.” ~Thomas
Malory
The legend, as was told throughout
the ages is that from great doubt,
a boy became a king because
he pulled the sword, without a pause
from anvil, stone and magic spell
and when he did, there was a knell
of church bell, and from some, applause.
He pulled the sword, without a pause,
predicted by a wizard and
a lady who did guide his hand.
Young Arthur met the terms, the clause:
he pulled the sword, without a pause.
The legend, as was told throughout:
he pulled the sword, without a pause.
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Notes: the form is Kyrielle Sonnet. The 30 x 30 Challenge today is 'Fit for a King.' I decided that it might be fun to use the Arthurian legend of Excalibur.
The form works so well for this piece. Beautiful poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! ♥
DeleteWasn't about to think of Arthur - very nice, creative and good use of form!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I found "Our Lost Jungle" through you when I was checking out your blog because of "Poetic Bloomings" - thanks so much for that. I am enjoying trying this challenge as well.
I'm so glad you found it! I'll check out your site later this evening. :D
DeleteWonderful writing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! ♥
DeleteIt took me a moment to get the rhythm of it; I'm just not used to it! Once I caught on the rhythm, it flowed very well! I love the way you wrote the poem. The structure fits the subject so perfectly it's almost as though you pulled the poem form the history books. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Since I ♥ history, that's a huge compliment!
DeleteGreat fit to the theme and the form went well with it! Think I remember reading some of you stuff on Brewer's page. Nice to meet ya!
ReplyDeleteNice to meetcha too! And yep - I've been a Poetic Asides contributor for years!
DeleteI LOVE this!! Nice job!
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DeleteYou know ... with all the "kingly" thoughts I had with this prompt, King Arthur never even crossed my mind! This is an impressive poem, really well done; I can imagine kids having to learn this to remember the basics of the Arthurian legend :) But also the magic of it is wonderful, a an adult, to remind of the wonder of this enduring legend!
ReplyDeleteWow! Thank you! I just started with the first thing that popped in my head - and this was it. :D
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