Honing The Blade: A Poem

Ask Flash Battery image by Joe Haput CC BY

Honing The Blade

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Ring, ring, ring! Bang, bang, bang!
Such the blacksmith’s hammer sang.
Crack, crack, crack! Whoosh-a-woo!
So the fire cackled too.

Outside the door, horses run,
Galloping in the sun,
Across the hills, out of view,
All are shod in my shoes.

Crash, crash, crash! Swing and slash!
Ser…