Trek of Insanity
We lept to the shore
From our strange craft
Large Rapids before us
We knew.
The days of dull drifting
A memory.
And numbers had failed
Coming through.
No time for the burials
Respectful.
Just time to divide
All their loot.
And crimes done
So numerous, disdainful.
This lust for the gold
Left strange fruit.
A potful of java
A warm fire, songs
Faking some cheer.
But Death still
Awaited His dinners.
Before ere the Dawson
Drew near.
Yes Dawson.
The whiskey and women.
The foolishness bought
With one’s poke.
And would there be
Castles awaiting?
Or rather Fate’s
Pitiful joke.
The toss of a life
In the frozen.
The loss of wife
Children and Home.
The thrill of those
Curtained skies calling.
The call of the harpies
To roam.
About this poem
A tribute to poet Robert W Service. In his fashion and grim topics. Of gold.
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Written on February 12, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 12, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 187 |
Stanzas | 30 |
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