Young Writers Society

the bloody earth pounds ceaselessly
with the hooves and the thunder
of the relentless scottish heavies
their sabres glint in the afternoon sun
as they charge towards the guns
and bayonets of the fearful crapauds
scotland forever they scream and bellow
a tidal wave smashes against cracking rock

a golden bird is lost
but golden bravery is but beginning
a sergeant and his spiralling blade
cuts five down and bests his trade
other heroes are still made
as the columns are crushed
the unstoppable cavalry runs
and charges and gallops and runs
wild beasts without a leash
climb the artillery hill
and attack once more to kill

but they never know when to stop
like their falling reddened swords
glory has a terribly sharp point
so does the long french lances
that broke scottish hearts

those terrible grey horses
how they strive.

Interesting...

It sort of has that vague prophetic feel to it, if you know what I mean. Not that that's a bad thing. It's also got some rather sybolic lines in it.

Maybe if I knew more about European history, then I would be able to get more out of this piece. It was a good poem, though.

Yeh, I reckon that's why no-one has commented, because they don't really understand the topic.

I did not like this because : A. It was too romantic and B. The ending fell apart. The rhyme scheme in the second stanza, intentional or not, was disruptive to the flow of the poem. All this aside, I like the poem's message, but think you could have done it without so many adjectives.

Well, it was purposely romantic. I've been reading too many British historical books recently and I've just felt even more patriotic than usual, so this was really just a glorification.

If you're referring to the last two lines as the "ending fell apart" I found it suitable to leave the last words to Napoleon.

your opening made me think of a beating heart. this idea should be carried on throughout the rest of the piece, because it can work in so many ways. generally, the first stanza is very HUMAN. the last line is so natural, with the waves etc, it should almost go later.

in regards to the later, perhaps there is a reason for introducing the animalization of humans in battle in the second stanza, and then the, uhm, disintegration into basic geography by the last stanza. the degredation over time.


though i am quite fond of those last two lines. quite fond.