The Armies marched with banging drums
That made ill the streams, made black the dreams.
The Armies marched with cracking horns,
Each soldier robed in robes of green.
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This one sounds as if it ought to be good, but I didn't get the symbolism you appear to be using. Who are the soldiers with green robes and green swords, and who is 'she'? Am I just dim, or could you help the reader out here?
you involve great imagination and symbolism in your work. you have a gifted creative mind Jen
Your use of visual imagery sits the reader down, and sooths them into wanting more.........The words - That made ill the streams, made black the dreams - great line. Best wishes to you...keep this up, you have a gift that many would love to have. jon
like wiliam im not also big on the rhyming, but the meanings are so heartfelt and deep i can see past it
Hey :) Particularly like this poem out of all your poems so far. 'Their drums rung around her ears, Their trophies hung within her tears' < Like those lines.
They are jealous people, my dim friend haha :)