Heroic Standard
Standing firm in adversity.17 total reviews
Comment from Raffaelina Lowcock
This metaphoric poem is rife with confirmation of heart. Whatever your stand you will guard it to the death. You've been dented but not smashed and you will continue standing.
Stay safe
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This metaphoric poem is rife with confirmation of heart. Whatever your stand you will guard it to the death. You've been dented but not smashed and you will continue standing.
Stay safe
Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
Comment from RodG
Hi, Lisa. I imagine there are times one must brandish a sword metaphorically to banish the mental dragons that often torment us. Your extended metaphor of heroic knight, armor, standard and sword works very well in this free verse poem. Rod
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Hi, Lisa. I imagine there are times one must brandish a sword metaphorically to banish the mental dragons that often torment us. Your extended metaphor of heroic knight, armor, standard and sword works very well in this free verse poem. Rod
Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
Comment from Cindy Decker
Exceptional poem, Lisa. I feel my struggle with life is as fragile, and as strong as the person in this poem.
Good luck in this contrst; and congratulations on the awards you've won recently.
Cindy
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2020
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Exceptional poem, Lisa. I feel my struggle with life is as fragile, and as strong as the person in this poem.
Good luck in this contrst; and congratulations on the awards you've won recently.
Cindy
Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2020
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Thanks for your comments, Cindy. I'm pleased you noted the combination of fragile and strong encompassed in the poem. Good luck with your own battles and thank you for your kind thoughts.
Comment from Pantygynt
This is very much a metaphor and reminded me of the old hymn 'To be a Pilgrim'. Here the desire is to be a warrior but then so was the aspiring pilgrim who would 'with giants fight.'
The metaphor may be slight.y altered but the ,message is the same.
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2020
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This is very much a metaphor and reminded me of the old hymn 'To be a Pilgrim'. Here the desire is to be a warrior but then so was the aspiring pilgrim who would 'with giants fight.'
The metaphor may be slight.y altered but the ,message is the same.
Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2020
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Thanks for reviewing. The poem's metaphor is quite universal - personal, spiritual.
Comment from Lucy de Welles
This is a real WOW! Hold and maintain the line. The sword is singing. It is the song of the unconquered, the invincible, the invulnerable, the overcomer. Truly the pen is mightier than the sword. Or is it the sword? Depends on the "field."
Powerful art selection to accompany victorious stance of text.
Lovely coloring. Something very powerful about lavender.
Couldn't be better!
Lucy
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2020
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This is a real WOW! Hold and maintain the line. The sword is singing. It is the song of the unconquered, the invincible, the invulnerable, the overcomer. Truly the pen is mightier than the sword. Or is it the sword? Depends on the "field."
Powerful art selection to accompany victorious stance of text.
Lovely coloring. Something very powerful about lavender.
Couldn't be better!
Lucy
Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
reply by the author on 15-Sep-2020
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Thanks for your wonderful rating. Maybe in this case the pen IS the sword. Thanks for mentioning the colour too - I used lavender on purpose as an empowering hue.
Comment from To Write Is To Live
I can hear the knight in your illustration shout to his men, "Gird yourself!" Your heroic poem reminds me of "The Man in the Arena," one of T. Roosevelt's writings which has also been an inspiration to many!
Thank you for writing and sharing, "Heroic Standard."
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I can hear the knight in your illustration shout to his men, "Gird yourself!" Your heroic poem reminds me of "The Man in the Arena," one of T. Roosevelt's writings which has also been an inspiration to many!
Thank you for writing and sharing, "Heroic Standard."
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Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
Comment from lyenochka
Beautifully written - almost like a Tolkien battle scene. I see a parallel of the kind of battle we are in spiritually all the time. These are times of adversity, spiritually, psychologically as well as physically. We need to raise the sword of the Word of God and stand firm.
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Beautifully written - almost like a Tolkien battle scene. I see a parallel of the kind of battle we are in spiritually all the time. These are times of adversity, spiritually, psychologically as well as physically. We need to raise the sword of the Word of God and stand firm.
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Comment Written 15-Sep-2020
