Friday 13 Comments

Superb work of poetry here, Alexander! I've always been intrigued by the Nights Templar, the curse of Friday the 13th, and the Templar's devastation. You carve a beautiful and haunting slice of that moment in history. Thanks for sharing! Warm regards, John.

Wow good stuff here Alex...Seeing I live close to Roslin Chapel I have knowledge of the Knights Templar, Your writing is very good....For a Fifer? Only joking. Take care. Sid.

Wow there's a lot of power in this poem and i really like it. I like his name: Philippe el bel.....very interesting....awesome title too ^_^ 1000000 out of 10 lol ^_^ Tyease

This thought provoking poem reminded me of a book by three English historian-researchers called, 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail, which recounts a theory of a holy blood line throughout history and it's relationship with the Knights Templar, Alexander. It inspired novelist Dan Brown to write his popular book, 'The DiVinci Code' about ten years later. Although your poem does not flow as smoothly as perhaps you would like, I did indeed like it. Perhaps a little rephrasing in some of the lines is in order-it's what I was telling you about previously. A second or third look at a poem with the intent to improve it never hurts, and may actually make it a far better poem. Carl.

very great poem...very manly....strong and informative...10 for this..thanks for sharing..more power..

Strong words..powerful poem. Daring..revealing... Thanks for sharing! It's really a masterpiece!