Blood on the Chess Board
Eight pawns, two bishops, knights and rooks
Surround their king and queen
Across the board - a mirrored sight
Just four ranks lie between
There's going to be a battle
Of this, all here are sure
The diplomats have tried and failed
So now they go to war
Two pawns go forth
Then knights engage
The bishops join the fray
Supporting pawns
Come forward now
To keep their foe at bay
Thrust and parry
To and fro
A tense and deadly dance
Both sides castle
Kings kept safe
But one side see it's chance!
A queen that joined the fight too soon
Is chased and trapped and lost...
For white this is a bitter blow
One knight, for black, the cost
Now black goes on the rampage
On top, they strive to swap
Their queen commands the action
As she stands before her king
There is no doubt, her minions shout,
For our lady we will win!
But deep within the white defense
A rook has slyly moved
And when the pawn, that blocked it, takes
It's position is improved
The queen is pinned so takes the rook
The white king takes her life
Whilst crying to the heavens,
"This is for you, dear wife!"
Then black, still reeling from the shock
Makes moves that cost it dear
And suddenly the outcome
Becomes no longer clear
Pieces fall
The pawns press on
To be a queen, their goal
White's pawns
With better structure
On black they take their toll
Its pieces die to stop them
But the new queen's just delayed
The black king finds a corner
Defeated and afraid
Now white is really showing off
With two more queens created
But what a gaff, the black king laughs
As he finds that he's stalemated!
Rhymester
Originally posted by belgianfreakThis is one of the very poems I've ever written that might have
Better than anything they made me study at school...well, maybe
Byron has an edge, but I'm talking about modern poets.
Ever thought of publishing?
general appeal - they are normally very specific, about people I know
or events in my life. Therefore of no real interest to a wider audience.
I did my speech at my wedding in rhyme and included lots of the
people who were there. It went down a storm but again it was a time
and a place kind of poem.
Maybe when Disney pays me a fortune for the film rights to
RedHotTed's adventures I could think about it though... 😉
Rhymester
Originally posted by RussRuss, you are as good at poetry as I would be at writing code for this
"Not many web sites can claim to have an active poet in its
community,
Rhymester, you are so talented, and your poems amuse me"
Well, it kind of rhymes. 😳
-Russ
site... 😉 Thanks anyway!
Rhymester