Poem: "The Plowshare Sword"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem came out of the April 6, 2010 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by a prompt from siege but also touches on ideas raised by zianuray and even jolantru whose "sword" prompt arrived after closing time.  It was selected in the poll for generally sponsored poetry.  This poem is an exploration of the idiom "swords into plowshares" ... from the perspective of the

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[jenny_evergreen]

I can't believe this point of view hasn't been covered before; I think you did a great job, regardless! :)

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Someone may have covered this perspective before, but if so, I haven't seen it. There aren't even very many sword-perspective stories in general.

[angela_n_hunt]

This is absolutely beautiful.

Um, are all the poems ever likely to be collected in a dead tree volume?

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad you like this poem.

>>Um, are all the poems ever likely to be collected in a dead tree volume?<<

I don't know. If there's enough interest, hardcopy editions are plausible. I have a couple in progress, actually, which will include a handful of fishbowl poems along with a lot of other stuff. One is a nature collection and the other is science fiction.

Currently folks are discussing interest in a series of poems about the origami mage, as mentioned in "folded wings" (March 2010) and "cutting and folding" (April 2010). That might turn into a collection, maybe even with line art and/or photo illustrations of origami.

Re: Thank you!

[angela_n_hunt]

Well, consider me interested! :)

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad to hear that.

[endlessrarities]

Another great poem, from a really unusual perspective!

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I had fun with this. I enjoy revisiting classic ideas with a new perspective or twist. Folks are welcome to suggest more prompts along the "hey, how come we never hear so-and-so's view of this story?" approach.

[jolantru]

Beautiful. :)