Contemplating perspective…
Sing-Song Of Whales
Seas subtle and blunt
The sing-song of whales echo
Submariners hunt
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From – Short Thoughts: A Book Of Haiku (aWIP)
Category Archives: History
Cause Of Such
Contemplating the nature of duty…
Cause of Such
It’s words like duty
The cause of such abhorrence
Honor and beauty
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From – Straight Thru the Curves: A Book of Haiku (aWIP)
Seven Was Enough
Contemplating struggle…
Excerpted from – Seven Was Enough
In legend, Robert lay restless in a cave
Taken with grief
At the horrors beyond belief
He’d brought to family and friends that led to their graves
He pondered giving it up
Of sailing off to the holy land
But at that moment espied a spider
Struggling to reach the wall while he lay there
Six times it was that it failed…
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Now But A Slender Strand
Decisions and responsibility…
Excerpted from – Now But a Slender Strand
…Back was their lone hope
That he might make time for the escape of his injured
On the trail that was now but a slender strand
The pursuing band
Was by the Bruce’s own blade deterred
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Few Got Away
Victory, glory, and defeat…
Excerpted from – Few Got Away
The Scots under Wallace
Were spotted in the wood near Falkirk awaiting the English
Edward was trampled by his horse but despite two broken ribs
Mounted this same steed ready to see who would live
The Scots arrayed themselves on the slope
Prepared to meet the foe
English cavalry overran the Scots archers
Then history turned on astonishing departures
Edward’s cavalry charged…
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Bridges Don’t Fall Down
Contemplating looking in the mirror…
Excerpted from – Bridges Don’t Fall Down
Bridges don’t fall down
Not here in the U.S.A.
What can those in government possibly say
Though this make them frown
Well good
They should look at themselves hard
And should not in the least think to spare the rod
Upon themselves…
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From – Bridges Don’t Fall Down: Stories from the I35W Bridge Collapse
The End of All
Contemplating fear, panic, and mass hysteria… On the other hand…
The End of All
Such hype and concern
The end of all but once more
The world did not burn
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Poking fun at the end of the world… Once more… On the other hand…
Governor of Carlisle
Duty and the fight…
Excerpted from… Governor of Carlisle
Robert the Elder and Lord of Annandale
Received the command
From Edward, King of England
To repulse the Scots. And so he did when they assailed
The great castle at Carlisle
The two John Comyns
Earl of Buchan and the Lord of Badenoch
With six more earls brought
An army to those walls and tried to storm in
But the Elder with his men held tenaciously while…
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The House of Canmore
Contemplating History…
The House of Canmore
When Robert was young Alexander III was king
Scotland was at peace
With the security and wealth that can bring
The house of Canmore had ruled for some two hundred years
But without an heir in sight this line might cease
Robert the Competitor had been chosen to steer
As King Alexander’s father’s successor
To the crown
But when that king remarried under pressure
Alexander was born as the royal heir
Now he also cast around
For candidates but he too remarried fair
Lusty as he was
The realm expected heirs soon
But the kingdom’s hope vanished one day because
Of King Alexander’s penchant to do as he’d wish
On a whim he rode out from Edinburgh. On a night dark with no moon
Riding the coast road in a storm’s howling hiss
Fell from the cliffs to his doom
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