Ah well.. had been to IIT Saarang, and on a whim just entered the "Creative Writing" competition more for kicks than anything else . It was shit crazy. Not completely so.. but for a first timer it was like WTF?
Anyways it had a poetry section of sorts and given various choices with specific lines to begin with and/or end with and points for "rhyme" and "meter".
Given the lines, I could only think of the WOT (Wheel Of Time) series of books and gave a war theme to the poem... Here's hoping it comes through decently enough.
Also the first 2 lines were those that were given and I had to continue from there on.
I had to write such a poem within a span of 10-20 min, so I'm kinda cool with what I was able to come up with. Brace Yourselves
Rumble in distant skies,
Echoing of the spaces
A guttural howl sounds the night,
Draining blood of their faces.
That a handshake will not mend,
A slight of honour is to be met
The fence is broken or so they say,
But who indeed shall take that bet?
Soldiers true and Soldiers Might,
Glance across the shadows
A palace of gold or a charnel house,
By Victory or by meekness.
By the moon's shine shall the deed be done,
That much is but plain
But the butcher's bill will have to be paid,
By the Victor or the Slain?
-NSD
(and yes you indeed can do maths... this post is made 3 years after the first, the timer on my cryo-stasis unit got screwed)
