The Battle Raged Poem by Clive Blake

The Battle Raged



The battle raged,
The arrows flew,
We were brave, but
We were few.

Out numbered,
Out fought,
Out flanked,
Out thought.

An arrow sought,
An arrow found,
I took the brunt,
I hit the ground.

In animate,
In pain,
In jured,
In vain.

Soldiers rarely say die,
Soldiers rarely grow old,
But my body grows weak,
But my body grows cold.

Ex pired,
Ex haled,
Ex tinct,
Ex... failed …

The Battle Raged
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: battle,warfare ,deaths,war
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem is included in Clive Blake's Book/eBook 'Clive's Uni-Verse - A Cornishman's take on life', published in Jan 2022 by Olympia Publishers.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Laurie Van Der Hart 12 January 2017

Very clever poem! A lot said in a few words. Effective use of prefixes.

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