Lausavisur for the Rogues of Sherwood
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Written by Toki Redbeard in Spring of A.S. 41. This was a poem commissioned by the Rogues of Sherwood to honor the Rogues of Sherwood. The verse form is kvithuhattr.
Green the runes | Rogues bear proudly, | |
Green will mark | mercenaries. | |
Macsen's folk, | murderous bowmen, | |
darken skies | when darts are loosed. | |
Bow strings hum, | by heroes pluck'd. | |
Flight-swifts speed | past flexing curves. | |
Shaft-quicks fletched, | shooting skyward. | |
Spikes seek shirts | spears cannot reach. | |
Men with bows | and mirthful songs, | |
feast they with | fine humming ale. | |
Source unknown, | sausage also; | |
victuals | for vicious troop. | |
Buttes are lined | with lethal mates, | |
practiced well | with points and elms. | |
Fields are piled | with fallen men; | |
hired spikes | have split their coats. | |
Bows for rent; | Rogues of Sherwood. | |
Eager they | to aid your cause. | |
Free-booters, | fair in pricing. | |
Reasoned terms | rarely refused. |
© Michael Dixon