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Brushstrokes -- poetry for real men!
Posted on: 2005-12-05 21:53:34 Real men read poetry! JR Hume announces the publication of his poetry book, "Brushstrokes", 119 pages of mayhem, vengeance, lost souls, warriors, outlaws, and even a dragon or two. This sample examines a fighting man's fear. Warrior's Moon Waves gaunt, wind still, the night sea burns bright, flamed by a westering moon. Keels kiss the sand, we leap from boat to surf and wade ashore, splattering moonlight. Deep inland, across the dunes, stands a wooden wall and gate backed by men of certain valor. Both wall and gate we must burn and break and match our steel with theirs. Cold blue flame glitters on my spear and sword and lights the seething sand. I march, though fear grips me in a clasp of ice and iron. If I were brave, I would heed this brassy taste of fear, hide myself in deepest night -- and live. But Lady Moon, Death's consort, taunts me with a coward's name and leads me toward a hot red dawn. Read the blurb! |