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Unread 05-08-2006, 08:37 AM
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Do Not Go Gentle

Oh father, near death on that height,
curse for me, put up a fight!
...Am I sentimental
...to say don't go gentle
but rage as you face that good night?

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Beowulf

For most folks just one monster killed
would mean that their quota was filled.
... Not Beowulf! He
... dispatched (count ’em) three,
before his own lifeblood was spilled.


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Charge of the Light Brigade

Not given to reasoning why,
not choosing to make a reply,
... though someone had blundered
... on rode the six hundred
and did what they did, which was die.







[This message has been edited by Roger Slater (edited May 08, 2006).]
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